Wrong to wear Fur?

[Velvetee]

What do you all think. Is it really wrong and abhorrent to wear real fur? Would anyone know if the item being worn was real fur, if you didn't tell them?

[mrs.chappie]

Mr, Pickle, I'm not gonna look at those videos. I have seen that sort of thing before, and it upsets me too much.

[Velvetee]

Well Inapickle. We all have individuals opinions. I personally feel more for human suffering than I do for animals. Maybe it is wrong to kill an animal purely for it's fur, but everyone has a right to believe what they want.

If I wanted to wear fur, I certainly wouldn't need to "salve my conscience" as you put it. It actually wouldn't weigh heavily on my mind at all. I was just interested to know the opinions of others and make no judgement on those opinions.

[Ice.Maiden]

I have several real fur coats which were handed down to me. I'd probably wear one on odd occasions, because you can't beat genuine fur for warmth, but I certainly wouldn't go out and buy one these days.

[pastafreak]

It really is not right to equate the wearing of fur with the wearing of leather. Leather shoes are seen more as a necessity,whereas fur has almost always been a luxury item. The british winter is just not cold enough to justify it on what some may call practical grounds.....unlike russia or other northern countries. Also-animals slaughtered for fur are for fur ONLY....they do not feed us...they die just for our vanity.

[Ice.Maiden]

I agree with teh latter part of that pasta.
Hey - but not cold enough in Britain??? Lol - you should go and stand outside my door right now!!! : )

[Velvetee]

Do they have to be stored in a special way Ice? Many years ago, my father bought me a Coney Fur jacket (rabbit). It was very warm and soft indeed, although it aways had an odd smell.

[mrs.chappie]

As I've mentioned before, animals that are slaughtered for meat, leave skin that would have to be disposed of.

I think disposing of the skin would be a huge problem, if it wasn't turned into leather.

It's a different argument if the animal is not killed for meat.

[Ice.Maiden]

I don't know about special ways of storing fur coats Velvetee, but I know they shouldn't be stored under bright lights. Mine are hung up with covers over them in, in a "downstairs" annexe, and every so often, they're taken out, given a good shake and then put back again after being checked over. the temperature's always constant down there, so i don't know whether that hasd anything to do with it, but so far - no moth holes or anything untoward.

[~max~]

Personally, I abhor the slaughter of animals purely for their fur. As has been said before, we do not need it for warmth. The same could actually be said for meat. We do not need it to live anymore, as we have found other sources of protein and iron.
I, however, continue to eat meat, simply because it's something I enjoy. I'm trying my best to get meat from "ethical" sources though, where animals are treated as "humanly" as possible (as horrible as it may sound).
Skinning an animal for its fur only is simply disgusting. End of.
I will NEVER wear fur, even something passed down to me from my grandma (of which items there are many). It would make me retch.

[Ice.Maiden]

Actually max - the coats I have ARE from my grandma, and there's no way I'm throwing them out. I agree with you and others in principle. Killing an animal just for its fur, to put on the back of some vain person, isn't my idea of fun., but there are individual feelings on this. Some folk see nothing wrong with it, and others don't think about, or want to think about the suffering that's been caused in the first place. Not good.

[jno]

so, anyone here eat leopard? Mink? Ermine? Rabbit, even? My guess is you should be allowed to wrap yourself in the skin of any animal you've killed and eaten (as the Inuit do).

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