CAFF has obtained a bulletin sent out to fur farmers and other members of the fur farming trade group American Mink Council, announcing a June 2012 conference call. View a scan of the bulletin here. American Mink Council Conference Call Bulletin You can view a scan of the bulletin by clicking the link above, or read the text of the bulletin below. “American Mink Council Conference call ~June 7,2012 AMC Directors, there will be a conference call Thursday June 7,2012. Herman Jansen will be commenting on the recent CMBA Code of Practice Meeting held in Toronto on this coming Tuesday & Wednesday, we will have him start it off the conference call, and share with us what the CMBA proposals are. Then we will excuse Herman from the call and have a brief discussion on the recent May Sale. We realize what an extremely busy time ofyear this is so we will make this as brief as possible. If any AMC Director is unable to make this conference call please let me know in advance, Thanks. This Conference Call will be earlier than usual, 6:00 pm Eastern time, 5:00 pm Central time ~ 4:00 pm Mountain time ~ and 3:00 pm Pacific time. Toll Free 1-888-204-5987 ~ Your access code is 8413189 Conference Call Agenda * CMBA Code ofPractice Meeting Discussion (Guest, Herman Jansen) * May Sale discussion American Mink Council P.O. Box 548 ~ Morgan, UT. 84050 Phone & Fax 801-829-6753″...
Problems for fur retailers?
On June 12, at a restaurant in midtown Manhattan, in the heart of New York’ s shrinking fur district, a crowd of over 150 fur retailers and industry insiders gathered to honor one of their own. Keith Kaplan, executive director of the Fur Information Council of America, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award. The honor was given to Kaplan in front of family and friends who flew in from California for the event. The evening also featured a special video tribute to Kaplan by the comedian Joan Rivers. One month later, Kaplan was out of a job. His contract runs out in mid-October. The Fur Information Council of America (FICA) is one of two national trade associations for the fur industry. Fur Commission USA works with fur farmers. FICA focuses on the retail and manufacturing side of the industry. According to information leaked to Coalition Against Fur Farms, the decision to fire Kaplan was due to serious financial problems at FICA (Kaplan’s six-figure salary was the organization’s biggest single expense). The problems are so serious that FICA is having trouble paying its debts and there are fears that the organization will not survive. A big problem for FICA is that fur retailers are either unable or unwilling to financially support the organization. According to its tax returns, income from membership dues fell more than 50% between 2005 and...
North American Fur Auctions on “Animal Rights Extremism”
We are posting an excerpt from a recent issue of “NAFA News”, the newsletter of North American Fur Auction, the large auction house and pelt processor. While the newsletter is largely dull and devoid of anything useful (although, still more interesting than the United Vaccines newsletter), we felt one particular excerpt was interesting: A page dedicated to “animal rights extremism”. View a PDF of this article here. NAFA on Animal Rights Extremism (click to enlarge) (Click to...
List of Key Employees at North American Fur Auction in Wisconsin
The North American Fur Auction processing plant in Stoughton, Wisconsin (south of Madison) is one of the most important pillars of the US fur industry. This is a list of some of their key employees in processing, as of September 2012: Mike Balaam: Manager Craig Oler: Maintenance / Supervisor Laura Chicaizza: Assistant Manager Brett Johnson: Maintenance Manager Virgil Schroeder: Wild Fur Coordinator Jim Posch: Mink Technical Manager Dave Mengar: Shipping Carmen Torres: Receiving Amanda Bujosa: Ticketing Mark Kubitz: Mink Joe Poquette: Mink Tom Gibson: Mink Brian MacMillan: Wild Fur...