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Can say the same thing about Ox Gall &#; it&#;s bovine gall bladder. Sure it might contribute some to cow deaths, but ask a farmer why he kills cow and he&#;s going to say hamburger. That is beside the point to someone who is a vegan of course and what YOU choose to buy.
But a the trade selling brushes to artists expensive brushes just isn&#;t consuming nearly the amount of fur used in other industries, and in fact just since they use some of the hairs from the hindquarters which are most likely discarded in making other products. It&#;s kind of like our pigments, they just aren&#;t made for artists, rather they are produced for the automotive industry and when the bigger industries decide they don&#;t need a pigment us artists end up getting what is in our paints changed.
I just want to set up accurate information so you who is against use of animal by products, another who is against the use of oil by products, and those who don&#;t care either way, can make an informed decision about the brushes we buy.
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Mink &#; or Siberian weasel &#; &#;Mustela sibirica&#; whatever it really is &#; it&#;s trapped in siberia and then sold to a company which is owned by the russian government. They sell them at auction to the mostly the fur industry, sure some are bought by companies like Escoda, and that does raise the prices, but they are already more expensive than gold by weight due to how few are actually being killed. ( Low supply and high demand equals high prices &#; if it was just Escoda buying them it would be low demand and low prices )
Based on the description they seem more like a nuisance animal to farmers and are clearly not endangered, more akin to trapping rodents in New York.
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Although Siberian weasels are overall useful for limiting rodent populations, they are nonetheless damaging to poultry and muskrat farms. They frequently enter the roosts of domesticated fowl and pigeons, sometimes killing more than they can eat.
Siberian weasels are valuable furbearers, being significantly harvested in Siberia and the Far East. Their fur is used both in its natural state and for imitating the fur of more valuable species.[19] A couple of alternative names for the fur were Tartar sable and fire marten.[20] Siberian weasel fur makes the finest water colour or oil paint brushes and is especially sought after by artists. The so-called kolinsky sable-hair brush is produced using the winter fur of the male Siberian weasel, not sable. In China, their orange fur is largely used to create ink brush for calligraphers. The name of the brush is thus &#;&#;&#;, lit. &#;Wolf hairs brush&#;, as a reduction from &#;&#;&#; + &#; + &#;, lit. &#;yellow rat wolf&#; &#;hairs&#; &#;brush&#;. Their hairs are appreciated because they are harder than goat hair (&#;&#;). They are hunted by shooting with dogs or through the use of box traps.[19] They are extremely aggressive when caught in traps, emitting piercing shrieks and letting loose a pungent secretion which reportedly takes a month to wash away.[8]
The Siberian weasel is thought to be a wandering spirit, or shen, in Chinese folklore that can steal a person&#;s soul or place souls in different people. This species is known to control rodent populations, but they are also known to damage muskrat and poultry farms. In Siberia and the far eastern portions of its range, the Siberian weasel is hunted for its fur, which is sold as both natural fur and as imitations for other, more expensive types of fur. The fur of this species is also used for paintbrushes, specifically for oil paints, watercolors, and in calligraphy brushes. The kolinsky sable-hair brush, said to be made from sable fur, is actually made from the winter fur of this weasel. The Siberian weasel appears on the IUCN Red List with a conservation status of &#;Least Concern&#; because it is thought to occur in large numbers across its large range.
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Manufacturers obtain the hair for their brushes from hair dealers, who, in turn, get hair in a rough state (pelts, tails, etc.) through the fur industry. The hair dealers &#;dress&#; (de-grease, clean, etc.) the hair, grade it, and bundle it by size and weight. A brushmaker is then offered the different grades and mixtures. If he is not careful, however, he may unknowingly receive summer coat instead of winter coat, or other hair mixed in with the Kolinsky hair.
or how a pig is used &#;> http://vimeo.com/ also from the above
Fur Farms&#; http://www.esdaw.eu/fur-farms.html <-- this probably describes best the farms which raise such animals, but from a animal rights perspective. ( ESDAW is animal welfare group ) [url]http://www.furcommission.com/farming/mink-biology/furtypes/[/url] relevant excerpts [quote] Until the advent of animal agriculture 10,000 years ago, all fur came from the wild. But today, most comes from farms, with mink and fox accounting for about 80%. The remaining 20%, however, represents a great diversity of species. From timber wolves controlled for human safety in Alaska, to beavers controlled in Massachusetts to protect water quality, to seals hunted for food and fiber in the High North, wild fur remains an important player in the cold-weather clothing business. SABLE Sable are actually marten &#; the finest, most luxurious and expensive marten. The best sable comes from the Barguzin Valley in Russia and is denser and silkier than Canadian sable, while Chinese and Japanese sable are the lowest in quality. Most sable are wild and protected in preserves, although some have been and are ranched. However, Russia has strictly controlled the sale of breeding stock. The Russian government has a monopoly on sable. V/O Sojuzpushnina, a Russian trade organization, holds fur auctions in January, July and October, at which sables (and other furs) are auctioned. The proceeds go to the government. This system is little different from the system in czarist times when a good portion of the imperial family&#;s income came from the sale of sable, except that the royal family sold sable only to other crowned heads. The finest sable, Barguzin sable, was reserved for the czar and his family&#;s use, which is why it&#;s called crown or imperial sable. Prime sable is deeply furred with even, silvery-tipped guard hairs, making it silkier than mink. The color is a rich brown with a blue cast. Golden sable, which is a reddish or amber color, is less expensive. All sable, nevertheless, is very expensive &#; but as warm and light in weight as it is heavy in price. Weasel Weasels are native to many countries. The color varies, depending on season and country of origin. Weasel is similar to mink, to which it&#;s related, except that the hair is shorter. The fur is soft and light in weight. The yellow and light colors may be left natural, or the pelt may be dyed. Despite the resemblance to mink, weasel wears nowhere near as long, only about five to eight years. The dark brown fur of the Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica), otherwise called Kolinsky or Kolinski, or yellow weasel, is found in parts of the Himalayas, Siberia and China. Historically it was marketed under a variety of other names, including China mink, Japanese mink, Siberian mink, yellow mink, red sable, and tatar sable. The hair of the males, in particular, is used in the finest paint brushes. Asiatic raccoon (Nyctereutes procyonoides) Asiatic raccoons are native to Japan, eastern Siberia, Manchuria, Vietnam and the Korean peninsula. In the mid-20th century they were introduced by the fur-farming industry across the former USSR, and then to Scandinavia and France. In Japan, where they are known as &#;tanuki&#;, they have an extensive folklore attached to them. While the US Federal Trade Commission identifies this species as &#;Asiatic raccoon&#;, they are commonly marketed in northern Europe as &#;Finn raccoon&#;. Meanwhile, a widely used English name is &#;raccoon dog&#;, in reference to their classification under the Canidae family. However, they are the only species in the genus Nyctereutes, and are not closely related to canines (true dogs) or vulpines (foxes). (See Wikipedia entry on Canidae for more information.) The fur is dense and soft, with long dorsal guard hairs, tipped black. Head markings are a white muzzle and face, with black surrounding the eyes, resembling a raccoon, with a black mark spanning the shoulders and running down the back in the form of a cross. Body color varies greatly, from dusky brown to yellow-brown above, and light brown or tan on the belly. The color is similar to a cross fox, however, with the same distinctive cross marking. Pelts are used for complete garments as well as trim, while in Japan the bristles are used in calligraphy brushes. [/quote] Note that Sable and Weasel are probably the same animal, awful lot of this is just information posted on the internet and cannot be taken to be factual accurate.
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