References

Brushes:

Animal By-Products and Art Supplies (web post): https://cowans.org/blogs/cowans-art-knowledge-know-how/animal-by-products-and-art-supplies

Animal cruelty and brushes (Forum): https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/animal-cruelty-and-brushes/

Are Kosinski sable brushes ethical? (Forum): https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/786436.page

Any high quality paint brushes that are cruelty free? (Forum): https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/731724.page

Any information on "ethical" natural brush brands? (Forum): https://www.reddit.com/r/minipainting/comments/lasmvu/questiondiscussion_any_information_on_ethical/

GW contributes to unnecessary animal cruelty (Forum): https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/489536.page

Ethical considerations? (Forum): https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/ethical-considerations/

The Ethics of Art Materials (blog post): https://jeffchester.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/the-ethics-of-art-materials/

Any high quality paint brushes that are cruelty free?(Forum): https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/731724.page

Kolinsky sable vs Sable brushes (Forum):https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/topic/difference-red-sable-vs-kolinsky

Source of natural hair brushes (web article): https://www.peta.org/living/humane-home/animal-friendly-paintbrush-fur-free

10 Amazing (and Cruelty-Free) Paint Brushes (web article): https://julietmeeks.com/10-amazing-and-cruelty-free-paint-brushes/

The Difference Between Synthetic & Natural Hair Paint Brushes (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffOzJnxFNvo

Kolinsky and sables:

Mustela sibirica (Carnivora: Mustelidae) (Scientific paper): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328007120_Mustela_sibirica_Carnivora_Mustelidae 

Origins of Kolinsky sable hair brushes (blog): https://thgeekwithin.blogspot.com/2014/08/origins-of-kolinsky-sable-hair-brushes_1.html

Mammals of the Soviet Union (book, p. 1078): https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/mammalsofsov212001gept

Mongoose:

A Brush with Death - The story behind the Mongoose Hair brushes (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_2fk7OjbxM 

Massacre of the Mongoose (article): https://www.wti.org.in/news/massacre-of-the-mongoose-operation-to-dismantle-trade-in-mongoose-hair-brushes/

Preying on mongoose (web article): https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/preying-on-mongoose-every-year-50-000-animals-are-killed-for-making-brushes/story-TOlUc20sWeYfkHrKeFYBxN.html

Deathly strokes threaten mongoose (web article): https://www.wti.org.in/news/deathly-strokes-threaten-mongoose-paint-brushes-for-export-abroad-seized-in-kolkata/ 

50 Years of Animal Cruelty and Paint Brushes (blog post on mongoose): https://sampratishta.org/animal-cruelty-and-paint-brushes-info/

Hog:

Hog And Pig Farming Companies In Chongqing: https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-information.hog_and_pig_farming.cn.chongqing.chongqing.html

26 Story Pig Farm in China for Over 1 million Pigs (web article): https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/02/26-story-pig-farm-in-china-for-over-1-million-pigs.html

African swine fever virus: https://www.pirbright.ac.uk/asfv

Badger:

Why We Stopped Buying Badger Hair Shaving Brushes | Executive Shaving Company Statement (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS27AWl4VCY

EXPOSED Badger Hair Industry: https://investigations.peta.org/badger-brush-industry/

Say No To Badger Brushes! (Forum): https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/say-no-to-badger-brushes.44745/

Trapping:

Trapped In the Past (3-part series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8zRjvAnLUg

Bodygrip Traps on Dryland: A Guide to Responsible Use (document): https://extapps.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_pdf/afwabodygriptrapguide17.pdf

The Hidden World of Trapping (video): https://youtu.be/QIwOGT7Vjf8?si=w1JIBikO9G0DUjE2

Trapped animals (article): https://awionline.org/sites/default/files/publication/digital_download/trapped_animals_brochure_pdf.pdf

Snare traps killing and injuring pets and protected species (article): https://theferret.scot/pets-protected-species-killed-injured-snare-traps/

Literature Review on the Welfare Implications of Leghold Trap Use in Conservation and Research (paper): https://www.avma.org/sites/default/files/resources/leghold_traps_bgnd.pdf

Injuries and Behaviour or Raccoons… (scientific paper): https://meridian.allenpress.com/jwd/article/29/3/447/121440/INJURIES-AND-BEHAVIOR-OF-RACCOONS-PROCYON-LOTOR

Conibear (Body Grip) Traps Explained (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz-uxEgRm5Y

Steel-Jawed Leghold Traps and Killing Neck Snares (scientific paper): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28375756/

Marten Trapping (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0wtPV_T-os

Marten/Sable Trapping (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs2AkYfVpd4

Trapping Coyotes (Red Fox Remake Set) (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V53_OOQndy0

Fur industry:

FUN FUR? A report on the Chinese fur industry (report): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/337800391_FUN_FUR_A_report_on_the_Chinese_fur_industry

The Case Against Fur Factory Farming (2015, report): https://www.furfreealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Case-against-fur-farming.pdf

China’s fur trade (report): https://www.actasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/China-Fur-Report-7.4-DIGITAL-2.pdf

One health implications of fur farming (scientific paper): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/animal-science/articles/10.3389/fanim.2023.1249901/full

The case against fur factory farming in Europe (Scientific review): https://media.4-paws.org/9/a/5/3/9a53f13d0cbed29ab7d2dc671f2dc4fa68a14d74/202303_efa_The_case_against_fur_factory_farming_Report.pdf?_jtsuid=41276172286766144621651

Toxic Fur: A Global Issue Research in China (report): https://www.furfreealliance.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Toxic-Fur_A-global-issue.pdf

The truth about fur (documentary): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCD_0MaCgcM

OUT OF SIGHT, BY THE FOREST (documentary): https://pozawidokiem.pl/en#movie

Open Cages Releases New Video from Inside a Mink Gas Chamber: https://sentientmedia.org/open-cages-releases-new-video-from-inside-a-mink-gas-chamber/

Largest Ever Undercover Investigation Exposes Cruelty in the Fur Industry: https://www.speciesunite.com/news-stories/appalling-abuse-largest-ever-undercover-investigation-exposes-cruelty-in-the-fur-industry

Fur Is Not Green (web article): https://respectforanimals.org/fur-is-not-green/

Fur industry accused of greenwashing.. (article): https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/fur-industry-accused-of-greenwashing-as-new-report-reveals-carbon-footprint-of-fur-fashion-far-higher-than-other-materials/

The problem with fur (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UFEelGMe8M

EXPOSED: Undercover investigation at fur farm shows the lives behind the label (investigation): https://www.humanesociety.org/news/exposed-undercover-investigation-fur-farm-shows-lives-behind-label

Mink farms for fur - Mink fur processing - How to process 1 billion mink? (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=PvotYQZsO7o

Going Fur-Free (web article): https://www.humanesociety.org/all-our-fights/going-fur-free

Inside the Fur Industry: Factory Farms (web article): https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-clothing/animals-used-clothing-factsheets/inside-fur-industry-factory-farms/

Fur Farming in EU (web article): https://www.four-paws.be/our-stories/eu-blog-news/fur-farming-why-its-time-to-leave-the-industry-behind

‘High-welfare’ Finnish fur farms (investigation): https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/shocking-investigation-reveals-foxes-with-diseased-eyes-deformed-feet-missing-ears-obesity-on-supposedly-high-welfare-finnish-fur-farms/

The Fur Trade (HSI): https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/fur-trade/The Fur Industry (PETA site): https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-clothing/fur

This World: Inside the Billionaires Wardrobe (Documentary): https://vimeo.com/418891406

Fur farming (web article): https://www.furfreealliance.com/fur-farming

A BBC reporter got a startling look inside a Russian fur farm (web article): https://www.businessinsider.com/russias-wild-sable-fur-farms-2016-4

Environmental impacts of fur farming (wiki): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impacts_of_fur_farming

11 Details About What It's Like To Be Skinned Alive (web article): https://www.ranker.com/list/what-being-skinned-alive-feels-like/laura-allan

Rescued fur farm foxes touch the ground for the first time - Emotional Video (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE3AfRhEGxQ

Rescuing fox pups from a fur farm (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfSPhhCMPIA

Saving a fox pup from a fur farm (graphic content) (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h20mK1-kaYE

Baby Fox Saved From Fur Farm Becomes Drama King (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1UGZ4Q5z5o

20 Foxes Saved from Fur Farm! - SaveAFox Rescue (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY0eIOs32tk

Rescued from a Polish fur farm | Open Cages (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3WA_tDGm2k

Animal consciousness and sentience:

Affective Neuroscience: The Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions (book): https://www.amazon.com/Affective-Neuroscience-Foundations-Emotions-Science/dp/019517805X

Animal Suffering: The Science of Animal Welfare (book): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-009-5905-7

Assessment of Pain in Animals (scientific paper): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347205801277

The Emotional Lives of Animals… (book): https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist-Explores/dp/1577316290

Animal Pleasure and Its Moral Significance (scientific paper): https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159109000483

Searching for Animal Sentience: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494450/

The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness.. (book): https://www.amazon.com/Unheeded-Cry-Consciousness-Science-Bioethics/dp/0192177656

Time to stop pretending we don’t know other animals are sentient beings (Scientific article): https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1699&context=animsent

Cambridge Declaration on Counsciousness: https://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf

Sentience: https://www.animal-ethics.org/sentience-section/

Destiny Debates: Do Animals Matter? (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKNRA858RIM