If you're wearing anything labeled as "faux fur" right now, you could be sporting the handsome hairs of a Chinese raccoon dog, or a koala, or a flying squirrel. And judging by the slap on the wrist the Federal Trade Commission issued to three retailers on Tuesday, there's no real incentive for purveyors of fake fur to shape up.
The ASPCA settled a protracted case related to elephant abuse with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey today, agreeing to pay the circus $9.3 million. But even with this victory for Ringling Bros., evidence of three-ringed animal cruelty keeps mounting.
The Associated Press on the UN climate meeting, The Boston Globe on plastic bags, The New York Times on a fracking ban, Grist on undercover work, The Guardian on the Kyoto Protocol.
In a classic holiday outrage story, The New York Times brings news of animal rights' groups opposition to the practice of dying chicks for Easter presents, but the practice also looks like an opportunity for farmers to double-dip on chicken sales.
The Party for Animals want to ban kosher slaughtering practices
In his luggage: leopards, panthers, a black bear and two macaque monkeys
On animal rights, Haitian leaders, and a "no-drive" zone in Libya
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