Schumacher Furs is closing. No new location.

[LeftyMom]

Damn, that's a shame, isn't it? :sarcasm:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/02/schumacher_furs_owner_plans_to.html

Schumacher Furs owner plans to close store permanently
Posted by The Oregonian February 19, 2007 13:32PM
Categories: Breaking News, Portland

Gregg Schumacher said today he plans to close the 112-year-old family fur business for good.

"Try though we might, we have been unable to get any support from the Portland Police Bureau, the mayor or the City Council in enforcing the laws that are meant to protect us all," he said in a news release.

Animal rights protesters have targeted Schumacher Furs and Outerwear at Southwest Ninth Avenue and Morrison Street for more than a year.

Portland city leaders have said that Schumacher has failed to do all he could to help his own cause, for example, taking part in city sponsored mediation with protest organizers.

Schumacher's news release says he has tried to move the store outside city limits and to a mall environment. But a "targeted intimidation campaign aimed at mall ownership and management" has resulted in several late-stage cancellations, the release says. So he has nowhere to go and will close the store.

[peacebuzzard]

1. Yeah. Screw all furriers.

Just got back from Anchorage and was sickened to see the numerous stuffed (and tax deductible) polar bear and fox in the ANC airport. There is a furrier in town that does nonstop ads on TV w/ repulsive images of models wearing the skins. This industry needs to totally collapse now

[Coventina]

2. I'd like to thank you LM, for your part in this.

:hug:

Job well done!

[LeftyMom]

3. I just went up there one afternoon since I was in Portland anyhow.

The PDX folks deserve a ton of credit, they've had dozens of people out in front every Saturday and they've been winning the war of information in getting the message about fur farming out there to the public both by the demonstrations and by getting that message into the media through the case. They've had to deal with threats and harassment from the Schumachers, and they've handled their provocations really really well and kept protesting and having a good time doing it.

I think there's a message out there- if we're right and we're persistent and we just get out shit together and keep plugging away at the problem, we win.

[Critters2]

4. Thanks to all who accomplished this. nt