European countries ban seal products

[Phil]

There must be man-made substitutes for seal fur I'm sure. I have mixed feelings about using fur but I can see the other side too. One man's cuddly seal is another's pest ripping his nets and stealing his livelihood.

[auld argonian]

There must be man-made substitutes for seal fur I'm sure. I have mixed feelings about using fur but I can see the other side too. One man's cuddly seal is another's pest ripping his nets and stealing his livelihood.

I've seen feature stories on the news about marinas on the US West Coast where they can't get to their boats because the seals have taken over all the docks...and they can't even scare them off their own boats because it's harassment of a marine mammal. Contrast this with the guys who make a living in the Mountain States doing bear abatement by tossing the odd couple of firecrackers here and there to shoo the bruins away. Got to be some logic here.

And, Turpin, asking out of genuine curiousity: who authorizes a certificate of origin? Do you have to have the local Dept of Agriculture sign off on it or what?

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AA

[turpin]

And, Turpin, asking out of genuine curiousity: who authorizes a certificate of origin? Do you have to have the local Dept of Agriculture sign off on it or what?

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AA

State Departments of Natural Resources oversee hunting, fishing, and trapping, and have varying regulations about registering trapped pelts. Where an animal is similar to an endangered species it is considered an Appendix 2 animal under the International Convention on Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and gets a CITES tag that certifies it is OK for taking and international sale.

At least that's my current, imperfect understanding. I mostly deal in leather, not fur sporrans.