Video of rare wild Arizona ocelot highlights catastrophic 1960s US fur market

Ocelot on camera trap in Arizona

Today in February 2019, online news media is chattering excitedly about a video from a camera trap of a wild ocelot meandering through the Arizona wilds. He looks very lonely; he should be because they are extremely rare. In fact the video that you see is the first ever publicly released trail camera video …

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Wearing a lynx fur coat is “the pinnacle of trend-setting bravery”

Kendall Jenner and her lynx fur coat (2016)

The well-known department store Harvey Nichols in London described the wearing of a £68,000 lynx fur coat as “the pinnacle of trend-setting bravery”. This is 2019. When are traders and sellers of animal skins going to learn that this is a cruel and immoral business? They said that the coat would “inspire longing glances.. …

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Facebook and eBay sell body parts of tigers, leopards and other endangered big cats illegally

Ocelot coat 1957

Against a promise to stop facilitating the trade in body parts of tigers, leopards and other endangered big cats, eBay and Facebook are selling these commercial ‘products’ illegally. The Times newspaper’s investigation found that sellers are offering products such as handbags for up to £5000 each. These products have been made from the skins …

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