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Shut Down NAFA
Join Toronto/GTA activists in demanding a ban on fur farming in Ontario at North American Fur Auctions. This protest is part of the Weekend of Action against fur farming where animal protection groups & concerned citizens are organizing an entire weekend of public demonstrations against fur farming (May 26-May 28). More information about the campaign to #EndFurFarming will be posted soon.
NAFA Canada HQ
65 Skyway Avenue, Toronto, ON
M9W 6C7
Time: 4-7pm
Dress for the weather. Signs will be provided.
Carpooling highly recommended to get as many activists out to this Weekend of Action against fur farming.
NAFA is the world’s oldest fur auction house, headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Their horrific roots trace back to 1670, to the historic Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), which was created to market the cruelest furs from North America to the world. From the earliest days, the marketing of furs was done in a competitive environment, originally by a sealed bid and subsequently at public auction, in which the price level for each fur type was determined by supply and demand. The HBC operated out of London, England; Montreal, New York and Toronto from 1670 to 1992, after which time it became North American Fur Auctions.
Today, NAFA continues these age-old barbaric traditions, and holds competitive public auctions three to four times per year as the principal method of selling the most disgraceful collection of mink and the world’s most horrifying collection of wild fur to the international market. It’s very disturbing that people actually attend these auctions to bid on animal skins so let’s educate the city and the world about the terrifying plight of fur-farmed animals.
Feel free to look into what NAFA is all about and perhaps shoot them an email expressing how you feel about what they support via there website: http://www.nafa.ca/about/
The issues:
Fur farms are the puppy mills or our era. Foxes, minks, and chinchillas spend thier lives in confinement and frustration in filthy wire cages breathing in poison gas from thier own feces and urine. These local farms are in operation across Ontario. There are no government inspections, no regulation, no accountability, and no protection for these animals.
Confining and killing animals for a frivolous clothing decoration can not be justified and the majority of Canadians support a ban on fur farming. As countries across the world implement fur farm bans, the government of Ontario continues to allow the fur industry to run amok unchecked – leaving animals to be vicitimized (There are approx. 60 fur farms in Ontario).
YOUR tax money is directly supporting animal cruelty. The Federal and Provincial governments have spent millions of dollars subsidizing Canadian fur farms and issuing grants for fur “research” at institutions like the University of Guelph. This waste of our tax funds is a slap in the face to real struggling farmers who are going belly up while the fur industry rakes in huge profits.
Fur farms are a direct threat to the environment. Waste, carcasses, and run off from these farms have destroyed watersheds across Nova Scotia – putting human and animal heath at risk. Advocacy by water protection groups and the David Suzuki Foundation lead to the implementation of the Nova Scotia Fur Farm Act which imposes environmental regulations on these farms. Ontario has no such regulation leaving our waterways at risk of contamination.
If you want to stop animal cruelty, protect the environment, and want the government to stop wasting your tax money – please join us to demand a complete Ontario ban on fur farming.
Links for further info:
Map of Fur Farms – North America / Ontario
https://www.google.com/
Animal Cruelty:
http://makefurhistory.com/
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Fur Farm environmental risks:
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Tax Wasting:
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