Päls av possums från nya zeeland har jag inget emot. De gör så otroligt stor skada på det inhemska djurlivet så de måste bara bort.
Jag tar detta från en Nya zeelänsk sida.
The brushtail possum is an introduced species that was released in NZ in 1837 to establish a fur industry. The NZ possum is only distantly related to the american opossum.
With the fall in demand for fur and the value of the fur dropping to uneconomic levels the numbers of possums dramatically increased and they have now reached epidemic proportions with well over 70 million possums munching there way through 21300 tonnes of vegetation nightly, and they are decimating NZ's native bush and birdlife.
The possum has no predators and NZ's bush is defenceless against them. They are a serious threat that has spread to 92% of NZ's three main islands and many native trees,plants & birdlife are under threat from extinction because of the possum.
The only way that we can get the possum numbers down to manageable levels is by marketing possum products worldwide and getting people who care about the environment to purchase these products so that it becomes financially viable for hunters to trap the possum and reduce their numbers and help save NZ's environment.
NZ Possum Fur is environmentally friendly to purchase and every possum killed means a little less native habitat is destroyed and the native bush and birds have a greater chance of survival.
Så I detta fall så är päls okay för mig.
SJÄLVKLART så ska det ju hanteras på rätt sätt med så det inte blir onödigt lidande.
Men possumull är mjukt, varmt och kliar inte alls... JAg älskar mina vantar.
http://www.nznature.co.nz/ecofur.htm
Redigerat av Orkidétjuven: 25-09-2009, 00:54