Annotated Bibliography

Jessica Mayes
Dr. Micer
English 201
27 March 2009
Animal Rights and the Fur Industry: An Annotated Bibliography

"Animal Rights." Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2006. Credo Reference. 25 March 2009. . This encyclopedia article articulates the way certain religions of the world view human and animals relationships. It also addresses philosophical implications of animal rights and gives arguments for both sides of the issue. It is a valuable resource in which to find religious aspects that are against using animals for personal gain and cruelty towards animals.

"Animal Rights: Fur." Issues & Controversies On File. 23 April 1999. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services. 25 March 2009. . This article is an argument, presenting both the animal rights activists attacking arguments and the fur industry’s defensive counterarguments. The information can be used to oppose the fur industry’s cruel slaughter and inhumane treatment of animals for human vanity.

"Animal Testing." Issues & Controversies On File. 1 September 2000. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services. 25 March 2009. . This article addresses the issue of animals used for medical research. It describes the ongoing debate between researchers and animal activists, and questions the need for animal testing. It is a resource rich in criticisms against people who use animals for their own needs, ignoring the animals suffering.

"Coats Made from Dog and Cat Pelts Raise a Furor (sidebar)." Issues & Controversies On File. 23 April 1999. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services. 25 Mar. 2009. . This article is details and investigation that revealed that cat and dog fur was being used for fur clothing. This outraged and disgusted people, and I will use this as evidence to convince people that when they wear fur, in essence they are wearing their furry pet.

de Fraga, Carole. "China's fur farms exposed." Animals Today 13.0 (Feb. 2005): 19. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 23 March 2009. . This article from people magazine describes a recent investigation that took place on a Chinese fur farm. It states cruel treatment of the animals in these kinds of fur farms regarding their manner of execution. By bringing the inhumane treatment of these abused animals to light, I hope to dissuade people from buying fur.

Diamantis, Nikolaos. "Morality is the key issue for anti-fur campaigners." The Express. [United Kingdom] 21 August 2008, 1st ed., Letters sec.: 35. This article is a letter regarding the inhumanity of raising animals to be slaughtered for their fur. It describes the harsh living conditions and execution methods of these animals, and how some people do not see a problem with it. This illustrates and vanity and denial is why the fur industry is still active.

Donahue, Alex. "The Office star strips for Peta anti-fur campaign." Brand Republic News Releases 14 August 2007: 1. This magazine article is about the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ campaign against the fur industry, particularly against black bear fur coats. It describes the unnecessary pain it causes bears and how it often orphans cubs in order to make these coats.

Leepson, M. "Animal rights." CQ Researcher, 1 (1991, May 24): 301-324. CQ Researcher Online. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 25 March 2009. . This article from describes the ongoing battle between animal rights activists and biomedical researchers. It then gives the history of the philosophical views on animal cruelty, and moves into the animal rights movement. It describes new activism focusing mainly on cruelty to animals through medical and cosmetic testing. Though the fur industry is not being attacked, another industry, the medical industry, is being opposed. I can use the description of the cruel treatment of animals for human pleasure as an issue to convince my audience that wearing fur for fashion is unethical.

Merrilees, Parker. "SKINNED ALIVE FOR THE CATWALK; The lucky ones are gassed. The rest suffer an unspeakable fate. As fur makes a big comeback in the autumn fashions, a TV investigation reveals the bloody price." Daily Mail [London] 9 August 2008: 32. LexisNexis Academic. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 23 March 2009. < http://www.lexisnexis.com.lib-proxy.usi.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T6414638496&format=GNBFI&sort=RELEVANCE&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T6414638499&cisb=22_T6414638498&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=138794&docNo=13>. This newspaper article details a reporter’s investigation into fur factories after the comeback of fur on the fashion scene. It describes in detail how animals are kept in small enclosures, starved, and skinned alive. This evidence and the inhumanity of trapping these animals will be used to sway the audience’s perception of fur for fashion purposes.

Triggs, Charlotte. "THE FAKE FUR SCANDAL." People 67.1 (09 Apr. 2007): 116. MAS Ultra - School Edition. EBSCO. Rice Library, Evansville, IN. 23 March 2009. . This article from People magazine describes the way in which fur and fur trimmed garments are often mislabeled. It will be useful in my proposal because it mentions the dog fur is sometimes used as trim are garments but is mislabeled as coyote fur. People would be much less willing to wear fur if they knew that it came from a household pet.