Honestly, should this even be a consideration?
Possibly, because I am not the coolest kid on the block, owning a fur coat simply disgusts me. Yep, that's the word ... disgust. Even though we are all entitled to our opinion, I just don't get it. I am sure there will be people who would like to explain the desire for dead, furry skin on their back.
And please try. And if you are an Inuit, then I will listen hard. I promise I will. But if you simply have more more than sense then, well, you are on your own.
There has to be some basic rules. And at Daisy Green these are 2 of them: testing cosmetics on animals and wearing fur coats (even a vintage one) for me, are just big no no's.
Bring on the debate.
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I can see how certain lifestyles have the need for animal products.
For Inuits and other indegenous people inhabiting the Artic regions it is a way of life, it is their culture.
The animal is killed for its meat, & very little part is utilised for clothing, hunting tools etc.
What I dont agree with is people breeding animals (usually intensively) purely for the skin on their backs for the sake of fashion.
That is what is completely unethical and completely unacceptable.
Fur is wrong on so many levels I don't even know where to start:
1.) Fur bearers are often killed in cruel ways so as not to damage the pelt. They are often electrocuted or clubbed and sometimes still alive when the skinning begins.
2.) Animals killed via lethal injection can't be used for animal feed or human consumption, because the meat is poisoned, so they simply get dumped.
3.) Fur is not a by-product of slaughter in fur farms. No one eats foxes or chinchillas. It's such a sad waste.
4.) It takes up to 12 foxes to make one fur coat. Now imagine how big your fur farm must be to produce a substantial amount of fur coats to make a profit.
5.) For this reason these fur farms produce an unimaginable amount of waste: tons of feces that end up in our waterways
6.) Pelts are treated with toxic chemicals so they don't decay, destroying our environment
7.) When it comes to trapping, traps are indiscriminate. They'll catch anything that crosses their path, many of these endangered species and predatory animals that are supposed to keep prey populations finely balanced so as not to become pests.
8.) They suffer for days in these traps, and if found alive, the trapper simply suffocates the animal by standing on its neck. If the trapped animal is a non-target animal, it is simply removed from the trap and tossed aside.
9.) Furbearers are born to suffer. Species such as mink, no matter how often they've been bred, always maintain their wild instincts. Now they have to spend their entire miserable lives in cramped cages. The only kindness they will ever see in their lives is the mercy of actual death.
10.) The fur industry rapes the fine balance of our eco-system, destroys the environment with toxins and tortures our animals.
All of this so someone can look pretty and feel warm.
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