ANIMALS KILLED FOR FASHION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10957, 27 April 1907, Page 6 (Supplement)

ANIMALS KILLED FOR FASHION.

The humanitarians have given up as hopeless the modern woman, who sacrifices the lives of milions of animals annually for her- adornment. The following shows the number ol animals required to provide some sections bf a modern, woman s costume :—- Moleskin coat : 200 moles. ' Moleskin toque, trimmed with bird' of paradise plumes : 50 moles and 3 . birds of paradise. Silver fox stole and mtiff : lo heads, 16 tails, arid 14 whole fox skins. Evening head-dress, two aigrettes, und three plumes: 5 birds. Evening sable coat : 100 sables. "It seems almost incredible that the tendei .st-hearted women, whose eyes riJl with tears if they see a dog run over j will countenance the most horrible tortures of birds and beasts," said a wellknown physician, who has ranged himself ou the side of the humanitarians, to a London Express representative. "I can only attribute it to the wonderful ease with which the majority of women banish a. disturbing thought from their minds. "The sable has become almost extinct, and the mink is following its. exanipe. The' ermine is also becoming scarce, owing to the unbridled demand for costly furs." , A large wholesale furrier admitted that it took 200 skins of the smaller animals, such as ermine, moleskin, or mink, to make a fur coat. "At one time there was a limited number of skins used m our business, such as ermine, sable, beaver, chinchila, mink, sealskin, and astrachan. In time fox— white, silver, smokp, and red— wag added."' ;