sf wrote:
> On 22 Nov 2006 01:12:26 -0800, "mb" > wrote:
>
> >Wonder where they hunt them. Strictly prohibited in Italy and
> >Switzerland; Rumania has some (and possibly will be happy to let them
> >disappear for a couple dollars).
>
> Is Chamois farmed? Where do the chamois cloths we use on cars come
> from? I haven't used one in years (thank you Touchless Car Wash), but
> I remember it having a distinctive leatherlike quality after it was
> wetted and dried.

Couldn't find info about farming them. They were described as very
frightful animals. Now I see that in 2004 the groups protesting the
hunting season were saying that those on Monte Generoso let people
approach them within 10 meters. Strange.