Is fur really a necessity? If you think we need it to keep us warm in the winter we do have synthetic materials that are known to keep you warmer and don’t cost as much as real fur. Fur is mostly used for money and fashion. Animals that are used for fur are treated so horribly that when I watched videos of these acts I couldn’t even watch. When men went out to get seals they beat them continuously and even baby seals. Many animals are kept in cages where they don’t even have space to move. The necks of animals are broken to kill them so that they can keep the fur good and get their “money’s worth”. When catching other wild animals viscous traps are set out that break their bones and muscles but don’t instantly die leaving them to suffer in pain for many days. “About one quarter of trapped animals escape by chewing their own limbs off.” Animals are electrocuted through the anus and stripped of their fur. Dogs and cats are also stripped of their fur and even skinned alive where you can see their hearts beating under their ribcage. Who knows, someone out there could be wearing Lassie.“Over 300 fashion designers are currently working with fur including Oscar de la Renta, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Gucci, Michael Kors, Karl Lagerfeld, Yves St Laurent, Valentino and Versace.”
It’s not very fashionable when an animal is lying on the ground bloody after being beaten and stripped of all its fur. Fortunately, there are some designers out there that have pity for these harmless animals and only use synthetic materials. If the synthetic materials look and give you the same results as real fur why kill animals.Fur farming conditions are horrific. Along with living in confinement an added risk is that farmers sometimes cross-breed which leads to colors in fur never seen in nature, genetic defects such as deaf white minks and pastel minks with nervous disorders. Why do animals have to be tortured and killed just for people to look “fashionable”?
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