Australian fox fur: market potential
Tarrangower Times, Page: 4. Friday, 20 March, 2009
According to the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australia (SSAA), fox fur from Australia should be promoted as an environmentally friendly fur alternative. The fox is one of the most destructive introduced animals a single fox can consumer around 40kg of small native animals per year.
The SSAA believes that the use of fox pelts from both commercial and noncommercial fox hunters should be promoted in a fashion similar to Eco Fur products in New Zealand.
Promotion of Australian fox fur would lead to an increase in demand, and this would lead to higher export prices with economic benefits for the community.
The environmental benefit would be the reduction of fox numbers due to increased hunting pressure and the reduction of the fox’s impact on native animals.
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