The Fur Trade

What is the fur trade?

1. Find and post 5 pictures of the fur trade. Explain what you see in each picture in 5-8 sentences. (Remember to post where you got the picture from!)




Raccoon, wolf, fox.

The fur trades came from those mammals are hanged on house beam. They looked varnished and valuable. Their long and soft tails drooped over the beam and suspended in mid air. Unfortunately, all of them died. They were hunted by aborigines for changing goods with Europeans. Those poor animals life just equal to cold irons and steels.
http://www.mcq.org/code/en/objects/furs-18.html

This picture shows a very satire scene to audience. The young model on the left with haughty and indifferent eyes and slim body. She is doing a post with cold smile. In her right hand a scary sign enters into audience’s eye—— a carcass without its fur. It looks very painful. It must be put up a last-ditch struggle before the real die. Ruthless, struggle is no use for it, the poor deer was shown with the lady.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-11-2002_pg9_7

http://www.gan.ca/campaigns/fur+trade/factsheets/trapping+and+the+environment.en.html

The Sea Mink, which used to live in the coastal waters of Newfoundland but now it was eradicated by the fur trade. The Sea Mink in this picture is one of them.It was shut in a firm cage for using its fur.If the audience look into its eyes which are eager for escape and go back to nature, you must feel sad.Its neck turns around to one side to use to look outside clearly.Its claws pulls down on the cage are like ask people to let itself go back to home.

This picture reveals that people sell animals or fur trade to a special store. This store accept every valuable goods that from animals' body.The storekeepers lend an attentive ear to the goods and guess their value, then they might discuss with the people who sell the fur about prices. Some of the sellers wear feathers on their head, they might be native people.Their also has a little native girl who is watching the die goods.Their parents just teach their children to know how to do "fur business "with storekeepers.

This picture includes many kinds of cats which were got lost from their home or wide cats.All of them are shuted in cage. They are pushing and squeezing in small cages.Every cage looks like having more than ten cats. Because of the crowed feeling, each of them shows suffering face.But they don't know that the much more suffering event is coming.All of them would die and without their furs.