Civet suffering | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Muskisananimalsecretion,usedinnaturebyanimalsformarkingterritoryandattractingmates.Itisusedbytheperfumeindustrytoprovideadistinctiveodour, ...
Civet suffering Raising a Stink
Civet in the wild
© Karl Ammann
A recent WSPA investigation in Ethiopia has revealed acute suffering for African civets caught from the wild and confined in captivity for extraction of their musk. Here, the cruel tradition behind the perfume industry is disclosed.
Last year, a WSPA investigation confirmed concerns raised some 25 years earlier about conditions for captive civets in Ethiopia. African civets are kept for their musk, a valuable commodity which is bought worldwide by fragrance houses as a component of perfume. The African civet is fox-like in face and size, with distinctive markings. It belongs to the viverrid family, which has been in existence for the last 40-50 million years. Once found throughout tropical Africa, civets are disappearing from large areas as they are cleared for fo...
Civet (perfumery) | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Civet | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Civet perfume ingredient | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Civet suffering | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Animal Musks | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Civet | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Animal Musks | 台北市立動物園資訊網
Civet musk | 台北市立動物園資訊網
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