Walt Rave remembered with fur and population protests
On the 14th of January, a bitterly cold day, area animal rights activists memorialized Takoma activist Walt Rave by first protesting the Catholic Church's opposition to birth control at the Knights of Columbus. then protesting the fur trade at Gartenhaus Furs.
Walt was an in-your face advocate for animal rights and for limiting the total human population on this Earth.
Walt Rave used to protest at area fur retailers carrying a dead fox on unknown origin in a trap on a chain. The fox was salvaged from a part or Walt's home the fire did not reach-and was brought to Gartenhaus Furs, being displayed outside while their overpriced coats of death were on display inside.
I saw Walt's reminder of where fur REALLY comes from on display at the Compassion over Killing fur protests from 1997 to about 2002. Many times the Fox put in an appearance at Neiman-Marcus or Miller's furs! As recently as some of the last few years, he would show up at Fur Free Friday.
Walt Rave died of burns received trying to save his six cats when his house burned down around him on the 7th of December, 2011. The fire was said to have started in his truck, with a dead cold engine shot off for hours and been blown to his house by very high winds that night.