*Originally seen on Daily Mail.*
With sales expecting to reach $30 million by the end of the year, the Canada Goose jacket has earned its respected reputation in the winter attire industry. Celebrities worldwide have been seen sporting the high-priced coat, including Meg Ryan, Kate Upton, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. Even Canadian politician Justin Trudeau and his family were photographed wearing the jacket in a family Christmas picture last year.
But all of the popularity surrounding the coat comes with a bone-chilling price, one that many animal activist groups are working diligently to expose.
Last year, a disheartening video gained popularity around the web which exposed the heinous truth behind the production of the Canada Goose jacket. For those who don’t know, the hood of the jacket is bordered with a thick ring of coyote fur, known to avert the freezing cold temperatures of the northern climate.
According to animal rights activists, behind every fur trimmed hood and down stuffed coat is a brutal reality of Coyotes trapped and left to suffer in the wilderness.
Lindsay Rajt, Director of Campaigns for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) told the DailyMail:Â âCanada Goose uses exclusively Coyote fur on the trim of their coats and those animals are trapped in a way that is just inherently cruel.â
The company has publicly stated that coyote trapping has been âa way of life for hundreds of years.â According to a spokesperson for the firm: “The trapping of fur-bearing animals is strictly regulated by the provincial and territorial wildlife departments in Canada. We purchase coyote furs from certified Canadian trappers, never from fur farms or endangered animals.”
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Yet PETA believes the company is avoiding an apparent truth. Mr Rajt said: âThe companyâs reference to AIHTS standards is meaningless and a way of placating and silencing people with valid concerns.”Â
“Leg hold traps are still legal in Canada. Mother animals will chew off their limbs in order to get back to their young. The trapped animal might be there for days before the trapper comes and finds them, they are frightened and starving and in pain during that time. And then theyâre bludgeoned or strangled to death or shot.”
PETA has appealed that the company stop using real coyote fur in favour of faux fur, as well as dump their use of real down feathers.
“Additionally, we are asking that Canada Goose dump down and opt for revolutionary synthetic technology like the one recently developed by The North Face – Thermoball, which mimics down but offers superior versality” said Rajt.
PETA has stated that they’ve tried multiple times to reach out to the Canadian company, but to no avail. In response to this statement, a Canada Goose spokesperson told the DailyMail “We’ve corresponded with PETA on numerous occasions and it quickly became evident that they were not interested in a constructive conversation.”
Canada Goose President Danni Reiss is a strong believer in their product, speaking for a corporate video he explains, “We use Coyote fur for a number of reasons. Number one, Coyote fur works â itâs functional, it provides warmth around the face in a way no synthetic fabric can. It does that in the coldest places on earth and it is important to realise that sometimes urban centres and cities can feel like the coldest places on earth.”
In response to PETA’s accusations, Reiss sated, “We understand PETA’s concerns and we respect the right of people to choose not to wear fur, however, we know PETA does not respect our ethical, responsible use of fur so further conversation won’t be productive.”
But Rajt doesn’t accept Reiss’s stance, “I just donât believe that half the people wearing these coats understand whatâs really involved in the making of them. And I just donât believe that they would make that same choice if it was an informed one.”
Final Thoughts
Perhaps part of the problem is that many people simply are not seeing the real connection between the fur on their jackets and the animal that underwent severe pain and suffering for it to get there. If more people fully understood the process, would it change their decision to buy these jackets?
Like Rajt mentioned, there are alternatives which could be used instead of the coyote fur and the down feathers. We just need more people to be aware of this and to raise their concerns to the company.
With the company going international, the expected growth in the next few years is exponential. But along with this revenue growth comes the increase in the death of more and more helpless animals. Voting with your dollar couldn’t be anymore powerful in situations like these.
Please help us spread this awareness to protect these beautiful animals. Much love.
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its not only humans that we exploit, its EVERYTHING!!! If we can make a buck on it, sell it. Hold tight Grandma.
This breaks my heart i wish there was something i could do to help the animals!!!
You can! Boycott the product and do not buy anything made by the company.
I own one of this fur on my jacket since a few years, and only reach consciousness of its terrible behind the scene recently.
I deeply regret my purchase.
Plus thos jacket usually cost 50-60usd to produce…. so with such high margins, they definitely could invest in more sustainable and less cruel materials.
Patagonia is a good alternative.
If you don’t want your coat then you can end it to me. As a person that has grown up in the Midwest until you see the devastation a pack of coyotes can do you really don’t understand. Trapping is legal and humane. The traps used do not have any teeth an mainly just hold the predator till the trapper arrives an dispatches the animal. How come we don’t have this uproar over cattle, pigs and other live stock that is raised and butchered in arad scale across the planet. PET is a joke.
Legal yes, humane…not so much. I’ve seen it first hand and it’s disturbing to say the least.
because cattle,pigs and other live stock feed us there is no reason to use coyotes like this.i hope someone in your family steps in a trap and it breaks their leg
Ah, FYI the traps shown here are not used and the ones they do use would not break a leg.
Actually, that was debunked.
You must have clearly not read the article. “Mother animals will chew off their limbs in order to get back to their young. The trapped animal might be there for days before the trapper comes and finds them, they are frightened and starving and in pain during that time. And then theyâre bludgeoned or strangled to death or shot.â Point out to me the humane part of this act. According to you there are no uproars over farm animals. To put it short, you are also very wrong about this.
Brandon, I’m 100% with you.
“The traps used do not have any teeth an mainly just hold the predator till the trapper arrives an dispatches the animal.”
So you wouldn’t mind putting you hand or foot in that trap and waiting several days before someone shows up to dispatch you?
” As a person that has grown up in the Midwest until you see the devastation a pack of coyotes can do you really donât understand”
Since I live in arizona and have seen for myself the devastation caused by the out of control rabbit population due to the almost total wipeout of coyotes. I’d have to say you don’t know what youre talking about.
Its called a balanced ecosystem,you can’t have one if you insist on destroying one side or the other
Well spoken, Ed. In the 1970’s my sister’s property in the Missouri Ozarks was running over with quail and rabbits, then coyote hunting was band for a time. When I got there in 2009, not a single rabbit or quail to be found because of the coyotes.
My German Shepherd cut down on their killing activities and when we left in 2012 it was not uncommon to see quail and rabbits.
All that said, I am not a fan of traps. They are cruel even if checked every day.
Gee, if it really is humane and simply holds the animal in place until the trapper arrives, maybe employers should start using them on their employees who keep wandering away from their desks during work hours. It would simply and humanely hold them at their desks until their supervisors came by to let them take their scheduled breaks.
The next time someone asks you to wait in the car while they do something maybe they should just slam your hand into the car door to hold you there humanely until they get back.
There is no way that trapping is humane. We’re in the 21st century now and we do NOT need to wear a dead animal to keep us warm. It’s time that Canada banned leg-hold traps. We don’t have this uproar over cattle, pigs and other livestock that are raised and butchered because that’s just it – they are raised for slaughter. PETA is not a joke as, likewise, humane treatment of animals is not a joke.
PETA IS A JOKE. check their track record. never did a damn thing to help anyone or anything. its a scam for money and that is all it is. send them your money MORON.
People buy food in supermarkets! It baffles me! People ask why I hunt-I want what is the best protein for my family “you can buy it at the store”! I get there are unethical people-that is across the board-politions, hunters, traders, hd abusers….some are far worse and deserve more attention. I don’t like to see anytimg suffer-my shot typically is right on. My husband traps wolves-olds my famirs livestock! Bigger picture people!!!
I hope those that captured th8s video helped those animals in these traps and didnt just recordnthem for this. and for those that want to helo go online and find organizations where you can volunteer. giving money is not the key. giving your time and energy is
Right on Ed–PETA is a joke for sure! They tried to do the same thing with our Seal Hunt in Newfoundland and Labrador. We can’t let coyotes and seals overtake the world by killing our horses, sheep, chickens, cats and dogs, and our codfish, can we?? PETA fill their pockets with sad-souls’ hard-earned money. It’s time to wake up and stop listening to their propaganda. Make donations to the Children’s Wish Foundation, Salvation Army, Veterans, etc., and wear your Canada Goose Jackets and your Sealskin Jackets and boots with pride!
News-flash, no one cares if your domestic animals die (except for you and PETA). Try a different angle.
Animals matter too asshat. Torturing animals is unnecessary.
P.S. The Government regulates the cull of coyotes and seals so they are not in any danger–no one regulates PETA.
Anything PETA is behind I’m against. They’re insane terrorists. Look it up on youtube, Penn and Teller did a whole episode of their show about them.
This isn’t a problem if the bleeding hearts have a problem with trapping. Coyotes are hunted with impunity here in the US. They are a huge problem for farmers, and many localities have open bounties on Cyotes. If they need fur, I’m sure there is some entrepreneurial spirit willing to help. Besides, I mean nobody has a problem with this in Canada. Remember Taylor Mitchell?
If only coyotes ate more Canadians, the world would be a better place.
With so many new tecniques to create “artificial fur”, almost exactly like the original one, with hypo-alergenic and atoxic materials, I wonder why do we still have to sacrifice animals like this…
Unfortunately other people are incredibly stupid I guess that’s why. Have you read half the other comments on here; making me sick to my stomach.
PETA also protests the use of fake fur. The rationalize it as being indistinguishable from the real thing thus driving the desire for real fur.
That’s right use your synthetic materials instead you bunch of PETA supports. But be aware synthetic materials are derived from oil. And I would imagine that most PETA supporters also don’t agree with oil company practices. I love real fur and will teach my children to hunt and harvest there own furs as well. PETA do you believe the sheep torn apart alive by a pack of coyotes dose not suffer.
While I agree PETA is annoying, I don’t get why this “coyotes kill our livestock!” is used so often. Why should anyone care if livestock dies? Coyotes are indigenous, livestock is not. You think I care if cattle die off and the family owning them starves? Nope. There are too many people on this earth as it is. If it takes a ‘pack of FEROCIOUS coyotes’ to decrease man’s surplus population, so be it. These welcomed deaths will make room for population growth in animals that are actually worth viewing and/or hunting. Not to mention, it’ll get rid of all the slack-jaw, country-bumpkin, redneck retards I bump into in the back country.
True that…. our population is 7 billion on a planet that can only sustain 500 million…. this is why hunger exists and suffering. I say bring on the wild coyotes!!!!!!!
Seriously a large number of cyotes is not good for the ecosystem, if the cyote population goes up that increases diseases an defective genes, an the populations of deer an elk and other sources of their food will take a massive drop, does that mean we have to kill all the cyotes? No the fish and wildlife an canadian conservancys will let trappers with licences an authorization trap these animals, they do it on other wildlife too when their numbers get over populated, by the way I’m a ranch raised woman I do not hunt but if I have a cyote fighting with my dog or my horses then I will scare them off. This whole PETA organization is stupid, yes there are bad farms out their that do not raise or care for their livestock an poultry animals properly but The ways they get their evidence is not correct, you all call us stupid that raise your crops an food? It’s dumb asses like you that should be taught properly an maybe go out to different farms, take a look for your self. I have seen PETA use fake footage an create fake footage to brain wash all you dumb asses. Do your own investigation before you assume PETA is your righteous world cause their world have been feeding you lots of false information especially this article here.
The earth isn’t over populated, we just don’t take care of things like we should. And it doesn’t matter if livestock are indigenous or not, they’re still animals. And they are what feed other people, not just that one family. And by what you say, should we kill off all the Wolves in America? Because they’re indigenous to Canada. And the country-bumpkins you hate are also the people who grow all the vegetables you eat, the cotton and wool you wear, and log, mine and pump the materials you use. They work hard just so you can live in your downtown apartment, and drive your little car in the city and pretend that you’re eco friendly, and not just a waste of space.
Typically animals such as coyotes lacerate their prey’s throat, restricting blood flow resulting in a relatively quick death from suffocation and/or shock. The coyote does not lay a trap for the sheep, leaving it to endure intense pain while awaiting it’s return. Bit of a difference in nature don’t you think. You should try putting your foot in a trap for a few days and get back to meâŠ.I’d love to know how you get on. BtwâŠI have no connection to PETA; just someone who believes all creatures are equal.
Tell that to the Dodo’s .
There is nothing wrong with hunting and killing for survival, there is when its for industry and for a status symbol in my opinion. More could be done.
I wouldn’t teach any children, neither to hunt and harvest their own furs, nor to make them out of oil. I’d teach them to give a haircut to some sheep and make some Winter clothes from that.
Then perhaps the coyotes could be hunted and killed with a single shot instead of trapped so they suffer immeasurable pain.
One is done for survival, the other is done to get fur for a coat.. Slightly different you silly cunt
Sad, but as long as money is being made its not gonna stop…ppl would hav to stop buying it.
This angers me…yes PETA can be a bit renegade and forceful however, the fact of the matter is that we are still putting living creatures through unnecessary pain for the sake of clothing!!! And to say that this practice is humane is concerning if you think that animals chewing their limbs off to escape is humane. How about you spend several days with no food or water with your leg caught in a trap and then deem this fine and you felt safe and calm!!! Coyotes are a nuisance and cause big problems with farmers??? And what do you think humans did to their environment? We came in and ruined and decimated so many populations of animals. The Tassie Tiger is a good example as it was single handedly bought to extinction by farmers because they killed chickens. Humans seem to think they have the ownership and right over the world, that we are superior and should have the right to torture and kill living things and ruin the earth for our own benefits and gains. If these atrocities were committed against humans we would all be in an uproar….sad but true.
Lol @My German Shepherd cut down on their killing activities and when we left in 2012 it was not uncommon to see quail and rabbits” so your one dog singlehandedly saved the quails and bunnies? I think Peta should protest your dog for inhumane slaughter of coyotes.
Post like this really piss me off!! Stop listening to propaganda that organizations like PETA through out there. Just because they said it does NOT make it true!!!!!
#1. Traps like they are showing in this article are banned in Canada. Coyotes the company uses for fur are generally shot in the wild or captured in restraining traps that abide by criteria stated in the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards. Plus Provinces have their own laws that surpass these international standards.
#2. Know the difference between conversation vs preservation. Trappers use conversation: they do not over kill the population but only take enough so that the population is managed at a health number that the ecosystem they live in can sustain. Preservation is where you kill nothing and preserve it ALL which results in overpopulation and once they surpass sustainability (they kill off everything eatable) the population starves to death resulting in near extinction in that area.
#3. The goose down they use is farmed. Goose are killed like any other bird you eat and the body ends up in your local grocery store!!! So your eating these animals. Well the goose anyway.
#4. It’s not just the average joe that’s trapping. There are 25,000 First Nation people who are trappers and this has been a way of life for them way before we came around. It has also been proven that synthetic materials do NOT produce the same results as real fur. In the USA I don’t see a need for such a coat but where I live it gets down to -50 degrees celsius (that’s -58 degrees Fahrenheit). So if my vehicle breaks down I’d be damn glad To have their gear because it could save my life.
#5. Trappers normally have cabins along their trap line. They are out there daily. At least the ones I know. And when they come home they traps are no longer set.
And don’t even get me started on the seal fishery. I grew up in a community that depended on it as part of their income and everything they say about that is BS too.
This is correct.
Fact : coyotes are not shot and then used for fur trim. Fact : leghold traps are still widely used in Canada and are the primary trapping methid. Mink, fox, rabbits are farmed fur and are very much present on CG products. Fact : I cannot go to a local grocery store in Toronto, Canada and buy goose. Their feathers are ripped from their bodies and their bodies discarded or rendered for animal feed. Fact : If you live somewhere that the temperature never gets colder than -15 and you’re wearing fur, you’re supporting murder and torture of animals in the name of vanity.
ok coyotes is not the only important thing at hand, there are many other like starving and disease children, why dont u guys talk and do st about it, care about animal is great but that is not st u should fight so desperately about, fur trading and the use of fur existed long ago, centuries i mean, and now ppl make a fuss about this just because they have too many free time and money to support that, we normal ppl dont have that leisure time, and seriously like this time, when the economy still not better than few years ago, some ppl still struggle to live their life, not only animal ok, wake up to reality
you aren’t normal. you are an abomination. you make me sick with your thinking only useless humans like you count. i couldn’t care less if you live just to eat and breed more useless planet killing humans.
Starvation and disease existed centuries ago too? Animals are important, they don’t have a voice, so someone has to speak for them. Of course people have been trapping for centuries, that doesn’t make it any less cruel. Aren’t we slowly trying to become a more humane and civilized society? That needs to include all living things. Of course people shouldn’t be dying of diseases and starvation, but there are plenty of people focusing on that as well. There are a great many things that need to change in the world. And animal cruelty is one of them. Its very ignorant to suggest that only humans are important.
Talking about other problems in the world does not CANCEL OUT the problem of animal cruelty. If you want to discuss people problems, why not find an article about the problems you mentioned and comment on that article and stop wasting everyone’s time.
Boo flipping who I’m a trapper I promise u they don’t feel much after I get there don’t care about before I get there. it’s a way of life that will never change but if u r bored go ahead and keep whining ( eat meat and wear furs)
Lets hope you get your leg trapped in one and maybe you will change your mind. It’s amazing how ignorant people like you can be.
Good day for you, because it have put my hands in one of these. Doesn’t really hurt all that bad. They don’t really ever chew their own legs off, only wolverines or wolves do that.
I certainly hope you, and your loved ones die a slow painful death this Xmas
i think we should not only protects the right of human being as we commonly claims but indeed the lives of every living thing. lets stand up and fight too for the speechless
Then you’ll haver to be vegetarian. Can you make that sacrifice?
you do realize that plants are also alive , lets stand up for the cotton plant lololol
lets go naked… lets go back to basic…nothing wrong with that… Who said it was wrong…
Been doing it for YEARS – no loss, no sacrifice – you just need a little IMAGINATION in your galley !!
this people with ther guns
Grow up …
It’s a Coyote ?
Next you will be pleading for Rats
Another ecologically-illiterate, who probably still believes the bible and thinks NO Animals can morally or ethically enjoy the same rights to life, health and happiness we accord ourselves !! How can ANYONE think a vile, aberrant chimpanzee has the right to trash Nature ?? At least predators have a useful PURPOSE on the planet, which is much more than may be said for we chimps !! >:( >:(
agreed
Dont insult the shimpanzees, please!
Ecologically-illiterate? People pay a lot of money for licencing and tags to hunt and trap animals, and that directly funds conservation of the forest and wetlands, along with keeping track of animal population, and overall health. hunter and DFW presence also helps stop poaching and cartel funded illegal marijuana grows in the forest, and if you’ve seen one, they trash the forest with the bags of fertilizer and equipment. Hunters and trappers want to preserve what we have, we care, and try to be as ethical as possible. Not everyone is, but it’s definitely better than poachers who only take the trophy and hide. Plus, some hunters donate meat to banks which feeds people who can’t afford food. I love the outdoors, i love being in the outdoors and i love animals, but i also enjoy the hunt and the fresh pure meat I get out of it. I am completely for the preservation and care for everything, from the plants and land, to the animals. And, hunting also keeps animal population to a manageable size, which keeps disease from spreading like wildfire and decimating populations uuncontrollably. And i guess it’s everyone’s opinion, but one should think about what you say before you say something full of pure hate and evil, like that you hope some one and their family dies horrifically.. It’s so hypocritical to want to protect animals and or peace, and spew hate and death towards other people who don’t believe what you believe.
what the is wrong with you? do you have no compassion for living, breathing beings with emotions and just as much right to life and to live as we do? for the sake of big business and 30m profit? why would you support this and not condemn it. have you not progressed as a human to learn to empathize or you just can’t understand?
You more than likely live someplace warm or the coldest it gets is -15C
When you live in colder places that average -30 and colder for 10 months out of the year it is imperative to wear clothing, such as Canada Goose, so you dont get frostbite, hypothermia, or just die in a snow bank.
Before you pass your judgement of whats appropriate to wear maybe you should venture out of your basement and experience different climates.
And what marketplace do you think these coats are being sold in, Canada, Alaska…? Not so much. As mentioned, these are consumers from NYC, Chicago….places where people seem to have been doing fine for quite some time without these coyote collared coats. Get a clue, O
If it’s a matter of safety for the person wearing the coat, maybe . . .but NONE of those people featured who are famous are in any danger of being cold while being transported in a limo.
Bull crap. I live in Labrador and the temps get a lot colder than -30… man don’t need natural furs to keep warm anymore. That’s what synthetic materials are for. Killing animals for clothes is a sin. The trappers should look for another job… like maybe in the IT industry.
I live in a place in Canada where the weather gets as cold as -50C and have done pretty well in not getting “frostbites” or “hypothermia” in the past 20 years without a Canada Goose coat or any fur coats for that matter. Having one is NOT a necessity. đ
these animals do not live long in the wild anyway, they do not die of old age surrounded by their children and grandchildren, they die of winter starvation, canine distemper, rabies and infection when they aren’t violently killed by other animals, trappers are legally and morally obligated to check their traps everyday. hours in a trap that quickly turns the affected area numb and mostly unharmed followed by a quick death isn’t the worst way an animal can go. not to mention that the materials needed to make that faux fur are much worse for the environment and the animals then if we trap animals conservatively.
Let’s put you And your family in a trap !
haha that was a good one…. I am frustrated as you are, but you have to understand that some people have an immature spirit and just havent explored deep enough to understand where you and I are coming from. All we can do is to educate people in a very diplomatic way. I am being patient. I know that the result is on its way….
I think that it is great that they use fur from wild animals and not farmed, but there are better traps than those, for example foot snares and cage traps that do not harm the animal physically, and of course there are those that kill instantly. Here in scandinavia a trapper is required by law to check the traps every day and the only allowed types of traps are those that I mentioned.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/coyotes-kill-toronto-singer-in-cape-breton-1.779304
Death is a terrible and sad thing. But by posting this link, what, should we kill every animal that attacks and/or kills a human? Especially when we venture into their natural environment. Makes good sense. Keep it up!
This article is a joke.
The author should contact a trapper in his area and spend some time with them in the bush/field. The only reliable source for information on the cruelty of trapping and the traps used is hands on experience. Finding youtube videos doesn’t cut it. You could stick your hand in any foot-hold trap that is legal for use in canada and suffer nothing more than bruised nuckel. In fact, without knowing which foot an animal had been captured by, most people couldn’t tell if they looked at the animal up close.
Why couldn’t the author find a picture of a coyote chewing its leg off? Because they don’t do that. The video’s that show animals struggling are the result of someone harrassing the animal in the trap. Yes, they will dig up the area trying to dig up the trap but they do not attemp to dismember themselves to escape.
People need to make more decisions bases on first hand knowledge and reliably sourced info. Making choices based on emotion and false information does nothing to help conserve or preserve animals or to prevent animals from suffering.
If more people pulled themselves away from keyboards and got some first hand experience instead of passing judgement on things they know nothing about it would make everyones lives alot easier.
Thank you for your intelligent comment. I was thinking exactly the same thing, perhaps the author should actually talk to experienced trappers. I’m a fisheries and wildlife manager and this article couldn’t be farther from the truth in regards to trapping. Maybe in the US these things happen due to lax standards and corporate greed but Canada has strict rules on trapping. In addition, please keep using Canada goose down, they are a nuisance species that needs to be controlled. Most PETA people ignorant and have nothing better to do with their time than make false accusations and dump paint on people.
We should make coats out of hippies.
Funny they should be upset that the person taking the video or photo would let the animal suffer longer then it should . Guess some folks are truly sick .
The people taking the videos risk their safety and being arrested for trespassing to gain this footage to raise awareness to ultimately help animals being harmed and exploited. They are not the sick ones, they are reporters, informing other humans of the atrocities being committed against our fellow animals. How do you know they don’t save the animals they come across when obtaining the footage? Don’t criticize someone for trying to do their part to help raise awareness for animals, they aren’t the ones trapping the animals. They are the ones trying to put a stop to this barbaric and cruel practice.
you are right about that but explain the video of the kid getting his bb gun and shooting the animal multiple times and having it suffer
Some hunters often show off photos of their “trophy” as well. Easy to get a copy.
Real fur is like no synthetic. Go offer a synthetic to any of the tundra nomads. They will look at you like you are crazy and offer you real fur because its lighter, more flexible and most importantly warmer.
That’s you’re argument!!!! Are you seriously that ignorant? People aren’t wearing these in the arctic! people are wearing these coats in climates where it probably rarely gets below freezing. They wear these for fashion. If you live in a climate where you absolutely need fur, then go hunt the animal yourself. This is the most unsustainable bullshit means of consumerism and fashion, and to support it by saying that synthetics aren’t good enough is crap. I’ve lived in climates colder than any in the continental US and got by fine without fur. Don’t be so stupid, but if you are going to be a selfish ignorant asshole than at least go torture the animal yourself.
Actually, up in the Yukon these coats are quite warm in the middle of a cold December and worn by many. So are synthetics like north face, and lots of real fur coats too, way up in the arctic as well. Alot of the first nations PREFER fur, because its a cultural preference. Both are fine as long as you layer. You dont have to call anybody a selfish ignorant asshole. Your freaking out a little to much over fur vs non fur I think… people can go on and on about this topic. Synthetics work fine too…
There is two things I agree on, one, animals suffer and feel pain therefore we should find less painful ways to kill them, since we arent going to stop anyways. And two, humans are the pests overpopulating this planet, not the other way around. I dont think we are ever going to stop, the rate we are going…
This is so horrible :, (
funny how its either open season or extended season in many US states and Canadian provinces on Coyotes with very large bag limits if any as they are an overpopulated problem animal. However using them after killing them is somehow immoral? They are not exactly stitching baby eagles on these coats. Canada was founded on trapping and sustainable use of natural resources. Good for these guys for producing a top product and not caving to random uneducated pressure to use another form of plastic garbage as filler and trim. Its companies like these that Canada should be proud of.
This is barbaric it’s amazing what people will do for money the world would be a better place if humans didn’t reside in it.
I could not but agree more
We all know that humans are like cancer for the earth.
Coyotes are pests. Also, if they are using only coyote furs, then why is there a random fox in this stupid video? If you want to save animals from suffering then come up with a humane way to cull the coyote population that’s overrunning our farms, killing our domestic pets and livestock and is virtually impossible to put a dent in with traditional rifle hunting.
Your lack of compassion is very disturbing… Coyotes were there long before you were. Do you think they exist just to piss you off? Who are you to decide what lives and dies and how in this world? As humans with the technology to travel to the moon etc etc it is up to us to come up with a way to protect our livestock and domestic animals, who incidentally, are pretty damaging to the natural environment. Realise that the suffering of billions of animals every day on this planet is detrimental to our consciousness. Wake up and connect to your heart.
Coyotes are not pests..How arrogant of you to decide they are..In the enormous ecologic chain on this Planet, all links are a vital element to the survival of this Planet, with one exception: The human animal, yet the most dangerous and destructive Animal here on earth..I would strongly advise you to study the role of the Coyote in nature..We are the pests, the invaders by mindlessly reproducing, we are choking this Planet to death..Get an education!
Yeah, don’t forgett that all wild animals are intruders on this planet and they ruin our lifestyle!
No, we are the intruders. Humans continue to ruin everything in their pathetic greedy human path. Why do you think animals are being seen more and more in populated areas? We are taking their habitats. I live in an area that has been so built up that the deer are starving. They are eating people plants but no one complains because we are educated enough to know what is happening. Professional sharpshooters are hired to cull a herd, not because they are pest but to give the herd a better chance of survival. And don’t misunderstand, this still is a sad situation but handled with compassion. The deer are killed humanely by sharpshooters who know exactly what they are doing and revere life. Not like the yahoos who have no clue what they are doing, drinking beer, laughing, lacking any empathy and then filming a creature that is suffering. These are the kind of people I run from, they are dangerous and have no clue what the ramifications of their actions are doing to the future of our planet (what’s left of it).
Every animal knows more than you do~Nez Perce
All species of life consider another species of life a “pest”. Humans are the biggest pest of all on this planet. Humans build millions of unnatural items, deprive the Earth of its resources, exploit other living creatures for financial gain and produce billions of pounds of garbage every year. Maybe someone should cull the human population. How long will the Earth tolerate the damage done by humans before it shakes us all off? Respect your planet and all of the animals put on it. They all have a right to be here.
If you believe so wholeheartedly that we need to “cull the human population”, maybe you should be first, and remove yourself from the gene pool.. Every person that believes that the earth needs less people, always seems to want everyone else to die.. The problem with this world is greed and lack of stewardship.
PEOPLE are pests.
About what I would expect from a human full of arrogance. News for ya…..you share this planet will a whole bunch of other animals. Mother Nature can take care of itself instead of humans butting in and thinking they should cull a species. The only species that needs some culling is ours because all we do is encroach on other species habitat and then get so upset if they walk by, attack cattle, kill a dog….sorry that’s life. You need a good swift kick in ass to knock youself off the pedestal you have wrongfully placed yourself.
The Canadian coyote is no scarce species, however, the means by which they are trapped does seem cruel. Trapping is also a long standing Canadian tradition. Seen as Canada Goose in unlikely to move away for fur, perhaps, a modern trap could be designed that would instantly kill the Coyote by means of cyanide etc. I feel that this would be a fair compromise.
This disgusting and sad. Whether they are annoying animals or not they deserve to die naturally or at least humanely. Just like i expected a lot selfish people, that don’t care who or what they destroy nor how they destroy, it as long as they get it. However i will not worry because mother nature has a balancing system and everyone of them will get what they deserve. Pathetic ass hunters who need to learn the right way to hunt.
Dear Sierra,
I respect the thought that Mother Nature is a more pleasant way to die, but tell me again how quickly this death happens, how many of them happens, and finally, some common coyote diseases and their effect on the coyote.
Do you even know what your talking about. Do you realize hunters and trappers contribute to the majority of wildlife conservation…Putting forth the most money to protect habitats and lands that you would much rather build a city on. You contribute to the slow and painful death of animals by building in their natual habitat and forcing them to starve because the lack of food.
I don’t think either of you made it through her entire paragraph… it was only a paragraph, after all… But alas, why should one read when they just want to bitch about someone else on the internet. Her last line says, hunters need to learn the right way to hunt. Trapping is not that, sorry to burst your bubble of ignorance…
We ARE a part of nature! The animals the coyotes kill suffer too. Just because we’re smart doesn’t mean we shouldn’t or can’t hunt and kill animals.
We are apart of nature but this isn’t normal. When a coyote kills a animal that’s nature VS nature, and if we can stop a coyote from killing a cat or dog we would. Because that’s what humans do. Coyote serve a purpose in life unlike you.
Many people hunt coyotes to control mange in a population.
What did you think the coyotes walked into the factory? This is just a hunting video with sad music, nothing at all specific to canada goose…
Oh just give it a rest. Coyote’s are by no mean scarce. And this video is mashed up videos of what appears to be hunting/trapping. Unspeakable cruelty? Wait till you see what they did to the burger you’re eating. Just give it a rest kids, animals die every day. At least you’re not the geese who are (probably) de-feathered alive for the cushioning of the jacket. That seems more cruel than random videos pasted together with a sad song. If that’s how much it takes to transform people into activist keyboard warriors then we are screwed by click-baits like this poorly (atrociously so) written article.
Just like useless human animals die everyday and I don’t care.
guess these coyote lovers have never seen the stomach or ass hole eaten out of a calf. (found still alive by the way) I bet they never had their family dog lured out to be eaten, or in the case of that poor girl in Atlantic Canada, attacked and eaten themselves. Coyote population is a huge problem. They are changing the way they hunt and what they are hunting for. My in laws can’t even let their grandchildren go out into their farm to play because coyotes are coming out in broad daylight and following them. So, before you chime in about those poor defenseless coyotes, learn the facts. They are not just an inconvenience, they are becoming very dangerous. Hate me if you want, but I will continue to shoot and kill every one I can.
“gord” – I have no problem with hunting the coyote for the purpose of population control, protection or even to harvest the fur! However, there are many ways to hunt them and to trap them without causing them the kind of pain a leg hold trap can cause! PETA activists can do and say some crazy stuff sometimes and although I agree with the goal of humane treatment of animals, I don’t necessarily agree with the tactics and rhetoric they use! I think Canada Goose should require that the folks who supply the coyote fur, use humane ways of obtaining it!
So that makes it okay? Sorry that is nature. Stupid humans wearing a fur trimmed hood is not. Only vain assholes would not a have problem trapping an animal for its fur. They need to suffer and feel some pain!!!
what do you think homo sapiens used to wear thousands of years ago? this is a stupid argument. while I agree with obtaining the fur humanely, I do not believe we shouldn’t be wearing fur JUST CAUSE crazy people like you throw tantrums. as soon as an adequate alternative is created, i’m going continue to wearing my awesome and WARM canada goose. the end.
God damn city slickers, send em out in Gaia for a week alone. If they dont come home less limp wrist, they dont make it. Show em how much nature loves em back. Shes beautiful indeed though dangerous as any. Cheers eh
gord your ignorant
Gord you’re hardly. Chances are you’re one among those so called knuckle draggers who milk the cows. The one’s whom the city slickers love to bash yet whose existence they secretly romanticize. Whats with ‘you people’ and the ad hominem anyway?
Hate to see such antipathy going on betwen the agrarian types and the zeitgeist crowd. You both share a common interest. I see a gap that should be bridged and differences reconciled. Perhaps folks have to be less narrow minded and see things from each others perspective. At least these coats are being made in Canada rather than in some sweatshop by those commies who steamrolled tibet. Cheers, Merry Christmas.
Gord, it’s not about being coyote lover or hater. What you talk about makes no sense because that calf would be eaten by you and your family anyway. And don’t think your way of killing is any “nicer”. Human population biggest problem. Do you think other species doesn’t have the right to leave on this planet and feed themselves like they’ve been doing thousand years before human species came to existence? But that is not the point. Protecting your children and livestock like you do is one thing, making fashion statement out of it is another. If you live in Alaska or Siberia that fur might be a necessity for you, but when CEO of this company says “..and it is important to realise that sometimes urban centres and cities can feel like the coldest places on earth.â is utter nonsense. That CEO probably never been in urban city, because then he would know that those cities have very efficient transportation systems so people don’t have to spend lot of time outside on cold weather. Hunting for food and protection is natural in a way, but doing it for fashion is cruel and dangerous because it an get put of control very easy. By the way, Chinese fur farms are way way cruel, they are killing animal with electro shocks and sometimes even skinning them while they are still alive.
Only vain humans would want to wear a dead animals fur on their hood and what the hell does it do, certainly does not protect you from the cold. As for coyotes, they have every right to be here just like humans and any other species. Yes they kill but that is nature. Wearing a fur trimmed hood is not. Funny how people go on about their overpopulation and how they kill but never seem to look at their own species and how we are overpopulated and we kill each other, other species and the environment…never hear a solution about that problem.
So i agree with you on some things but honestly what do you think they used back in the day? they didnt have factories producing plastic and artificial stuff. id say we’ve grown big time.
If you guys want to complain about animal cruelty, the beloved ‘peaceful’ Muslims must eat meat that was butchered ‘halal’ style.. They basically lock the cow’s head in a special gate, then without knocking them unconscious or killing them with a pneumatic gun, they cut their throats to the spine, and let them bleed out and struggle for minutes, still sucking air through their esophagus. Goats, they cut their throats then gaff them onto a hanging lift that takes them away, and sheep, they lie one their backs in a trough like thing. Everyone only complains when it’s something they see.. I believe all animals should be able to live without fear of abuse, and to die in an ethical manner, but by no means is it “murder” (look up the definition) and in no way will i accept that we’ve “evolved” out of the need to hunt or trap..
Yeah and animals are killed in a more humane way at slaughterhouse right? you’re an idiot. That’s not even what this video is about….Why do you have to hate on Muslims for anyway?
I think u r getting him wrong abt Muslims it’s the pain he is talking abt the animal is put into in the name of religion …
and it is less cruel to behead the animal with a machine?
Oh ya because faux fur is great… raping the earth for petroleum products is much more acceptable atleast fur biodegrades ..We all die.. even if we’re cute.. what we should be asking is what are the trappers doing with the rest of the carcass? Carving tools needles food for their companions.. life’s cycle is death.. if we’re so worried about suffering why can’t we choose to be assisted? And you know if your Canadian well the only reason why we are all here is because of the fur trade. If u don’t like it then don’t buy it… vote with your wallet. And stay out of other people’s passions, business and life. Trappers are allowed to have trades.. or should we all move to Alberta and work on the tar sands?
I’m positive you haven’t gotten the point of this article. There are millions of jobs that people can have without brutally killing living, breathing creatures. And people buying this fur don’t live in the arctic and need it for survival…they wear it because ripping off the top layer of an animals skin and sticking it on your jacket looks SO cool. It’s not your place to tell anyone to ‘stay out of people’s passions’ when their passion involves NO compassion. Trapping for the sake of selling fur should be illegal.
Coyotes are a menace to livestock, society as a whole and Bugs Bunny.
as you can see Mag Ryan got no fur
Filthy, self-righteous Canadian trash. From seal butchering to this.
I live in Canada and I have a license to kill up to 4 seals. Just for the record you have to crush the skull, both side and then bleed the seal out. This law was put forword by greenpeace. I had to take a course to get the licence.
Would people eat meat if they saw the animals being slaughtered? Or wear leather shoes?
para mi es una crueldad en la manera en que matan a estos inocentes animalitos por una piel que triste ver que el ser humano cada vez esta acabando mas y mas con la creacion de Dios todos somos seres vivos con sentimientos y ellos al igual que nosotros merecen vivir en este planeta con respeto y dignidad y no masacrados con tanta crueldad
I think whoever is not a vegetarian has no right to say Canada Goose is evil and doing wrong by using real fur. Every meat you eat comes from a live animal that was ALSO killed (and probably suffered). So you are as evil as Canada Goose, because there are alternatives to meat… At least the coyote fur will LAST FOR A LONG TIME and serve a purpose of giving warmth, without contaminating the planet with artificial plastic stuff that is used to make the fake fur. Plus, it is true that coyotes can be a pest and it is better that they are at least using some of it for jackets, rather than killing it only for population control and leaving their bodies to go completely wasted. If you believe this is animal cruelty then you should become a vegetarian. That’s it.
Thats not nearly the same thing at all. Eating meat is a evolutionary trade homosapiens got due to lack of food. Killing animals for fur on the other hand is plain murder.
Regards a vegan.
I’m sorry to hear that you don’t understand what being vegetarian is đ
ArrĂȘtez cette brutalitĂ©! Vous n’avez aucun “droit” de torturer ces misĂ©rables bĂȘtes!
ArrĂȘtez cette brutalitĂ©! Vous n’avez aucun “droit” de torturer ces misĂ©rables bĂȘtes!