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RAIN COLD did not stop us from getting out there!! Thanks to every

dedicated activist who came to the Steven Corn Fur protest Janurary

8th YOU ARE AWESOME!!!!Here is the Bergen Record article:

 

Protesters hot under collar over furs

 

Sunday, January 9, 2005

 

By JOHN CHADWICK

STAFF WRITER

 

 

 

A group of about 20 anti-fur activists targeted Steven Corn Furs in

Paramus on Saturday, shouting at customers and holding signs showing

bloodied, skinless animals with the words: " Here's the rest of your

fur coat. "

 

Members of the group, Caring Activists Against Fur, said they're

combating a new surge in demand for fur coats. Celebrity music and

film stars are fueling some of the sales through the development of

their own clothing lines, they said.

 

" We need to be out here connecting the dots between the fur coat and

the murder of the animals, " said Julie Bolkin O'Connor of

Tenafly. " Our presence educates people. "

 

But the manager of the upscale Route 17 shop said the protesters'

presence also brings in customers.

 

" If anything, we tend to have better business the days they are

here, " John Paul said. " It's like an advertisement. "

 

Paul said the sale of fur coats is increasing - about 30 percent

from last year - because of the last few cold winters.

 

He also said that the accusations of mistreatment of animals are

overblown.

 

Paul said minks, for example, live better on the breeding farms than

in the animal kingdom.

 

" For five to seven years they eat, sleep and make more little

minks, " Paul said. " Out in the wild they live two to three

years. ... They die from starvation, disease or being eaten by

another animal. "

 

An organizer of the protest begged to differ.

 

" Breeding minks can live up to five to seven years ... that's in a

prison, " said Debbie Kowalski of Hackettstown. " The ones they

actually use for the coat, that they skinned, are 8 to 10 months

old, and they're killed. "

 

Among those who braved the cold, rainy weather to join the protest

was an 82-year-old Westwood man.

 

" I like animals, " quipped Bill Triglia. " They don't kill nearly as

much as humans. "

 

E-mail: chadwick

 

 

 

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