On Sat, 10 May 2003 03:40:45 GMT, "Michelle Fulton"
wrote:


"Torsten Brinch" wrote in message
.. .

Well, it does not come out very clearly from the quote you make above,
although the text does indicate the direction of stated concerns.

It was quoted that the US has banned the trade of dog and cat skins, but I
don't believe the trade of other animal skins has been banned.

In fact there are dozens and dozens of other animal species, the skins
of which it is illegal to trade in the US, but that is of course
another story.

I understand your statement about dogs and cats having a *closer*
relationship with humans, but they are still just animals. If I
have a pet rabbit, which many people do, I think it would be legal
to kill it and sell it's skin/fur.

Yes, that is a fact, there is no law in the US against trade in rabbit
skin.

It just doesn't make since to me.

Well, if the question is framed into a sufficiently limited view of
things, e.g. why you can trade the skin of your pet rabbit but not of
your pet cat, the legislation does not make sense.