Statistics issueu in .connection, with the coining International Fur Exposition at Leipzig show that the humble rabbit, with 200,000,000 skins sold yearly, leads all fur■beariug animals in the . world market. Sheep follow, with 26,000,000, moles with 20,000,000, and musk-,rats with ■ 16,500,000. It is astonishing to; learn that 'as many cats as foxes are. slain yearly for their furs, the number being 1,750,000 for each, Tho almost complete extinction of the chinchilla is shown by the.fact that only 500 skins reach the market annually:
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 79, 30 September 1930, Page 12
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