Tamara Ecclestone in a wallpaper on the peta animal rights website. While supportive of its aims, we should note that some fur-covered animals are pests and one in particular--the introduced possum--causes major destruction of NZ's native flora and fauna: conservationists are very keen to eradicate it and that the furs have a commercial market is a bonus in achieving this.
As for the checkered flag used to finish a race which the victor will pass first, it is believed it was chosen to provide high contrast for visibility and the earliest known photographic record of a chequered flag being used to end a race was from the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race held in Long Island, New York.
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