{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"The Fur Industry - Some History - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BbTIjNid4b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-fur-industry\/\">The Fur Industry &#8211; Some History<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/the-fur-industry\/embed\/#?secret=BbTIjNid4b\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Fur Industry &#8211; Some History&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"BbTIjNid4b\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Postcard-with-a-lion_0001-mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":576,"thumbnail_height":200,"description":"A grim &#8216;pro-fur&#8217; item in our Ernest Bell Library. A circa 1870\/1880 advertising card. Corde Viridis &#8211;\u00a0thank you so much for the translation &#8211; Paul K\u00f6rner Fur trader Specialty: various skin carpets with or without naturalised heads. Humans are\u00a0selling the skins of animals, and we are pretty certain that the animals\u00a0didn&#8217;t all die of old age. Lion, Tiger, Panther, Jaguar&#8230;&#8230;. Current Prices &#8211; for skins with naturalised heads Lions skins from &#8230; MF (perhaps: Mark per skin) Tiger Panther Leopards rough and flat Bear skins from&#8230; Icebears Gray bears Brown bears Black bears Wolves Foxes Lynx And so forth Without naturalised head of course cheaper. PETA&#8217;s site &#8211; http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/animals-used-for-clothing\/fur\/ Whether it came from an animal on a fur farm or one who was trapped in the wild, every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim caused an animal tremendous suffering\u2014and took away a life. \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Two\u00a0much more pleasant\u00a0&#8216;anti-fur&#8217; Ernest Bell Library items &#8211; a pin &amp; a book. Both were created by dedicated animal rights activists circa 1938. &#8216;Wear No Fur&#8217; &#8211; The Animal Defence Society &#8211;\u00a0a circa 1938 pin. No maker &#8211; believed to be the work of Thomas Fattorini Limited &#8211; Birmingham &#8211; UK. The book &#8216;The Great [&hellip;]"}