Article: Investigation Reveals Raccoon Dog Most Misrepresented Fur Sold in America

Article: Macy's yanks fake fur jackets made from 'raccoon ...
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 23, 2006 ;     552 words ... ... yanks fake fur jackets made from 'raccoon dog' By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO, ASSOCIATED ... Section: NEWS Edtion: All Editions NEW YORK — Macy's has pulled from ... certain species of dog called "raccoon dog." "First these jackets were ...

Article: Macy's faux fur coats from 'raccoon dog'
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  December 23, 2006 ;     345 words ...NEW YORK (AP) -- Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles ... the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called "raccoon dog." "First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then ...

Article: Truth in advertising helps avert fate of the poor raccoon ...
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  March 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... skins of "Nycereutes procyonoides" or raccoon dog. There are at least two separate and ... material used was real fur from the Asian raccoon dog in violation of U.S. law. Consumers ... mislabeled goods and services. What is a raccoon dog? There is much confusion about these ...

Article: The structure of vertebrate predator community in north-eastern ...
Folia Zoologica;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... naturalization of the American mink and raccoon dog. Species composition of the community ... periods before the American mink and raccoon dog expansion and after the introduced species ... the American mink Mustela vison and raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides. Having studied ...

Article: Facilitative interactions between the Eurasian badger (Meles ...
Canadian Journal of Zoology;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Von Holle 1999; Richardson et al. 2000). The spectacular raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides (Gray, 1834)) invasion of Europe ... facilitative interactions between a native (badger) and an alien (raccoon dog) species significantly contributed to the invasion success ...

Dictionary definition: raccoon dog
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      140 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 raccoon dog a small, raccoonlike, burrowing dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) of Asia, having long, loose fur and a short, thick tail Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: FUR LABELING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN NEW ...
WWD;  June 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... bill's sponsor, the legislation arises after an undisclosed major clothing manufacturer recently sold jackets containing raccoon dog fur that was mislabeled as fake fur. The federal Fur Products Labeling Act provides that articles of clothing containing ...