IN THIS DAY AND AGE, ONE WOULD THINK THE FASHION INDUSTRY HAS COME A LONG WAY FROM WHEN FUR AND ANIMAL HIDES WERE USED BY FASHION DESIGNERS TO CREATE UPSCALE CLOTHING. UNFORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T THE CASE.
WHILE READING THE NY DAILY NEWS ON FEBRUARY 12TH, I WAS SHOCKED WHEN I CAME ACROSS THE FASHION EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN NEW YORK CITY & WAS TITLED "FUR-OCIOUS FALL FASHIONS. RABBIT FUR, SNAKESKIN, LEATHER, CHINCHILLA, PONY HAIR, & FUR WERE INCORPORATED INTO MANY OF THE STYLES THAT WERE PREVIEWED.
I WAS STUNNED AND ANGRY UPON READING THE ARTICLE & EMAILED A COMMENT TO THE NEWSPAPER. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I'VE READ THE FUR INDUSTRY HAS BEEN WAGING A QUIET BATTLE TO RE-BRAND ITS PRODUCT AS SUSTAINABLE, NATURAL AND LUXURIOUS. WELL, I WON'T DEBATE THAT FUR IS LUXURIOUS; HOWEVER, I DO NOT AGREE (AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY I DO) THAT IT IS NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE.
ANIMALS RAISED ON FUR FARMS, LIKE ANIMALS RAISED ON FACTORY FARMS FOR FOOD, ARE DEPRIVED OF THEIR BEHAVIORAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS. BECAUSE THEY ARE IN INTENSIVE CONFINEMENT, THEY ENGAGE IN NEUROTIC BEHAVIOR PATTERNS. AND THE FUR INDUSTRY CONSIDERS THIS NATURAL AND SUSTAINABLE?
I RECOMMEND READING http://liberationbc.org/issues/fur. THIS SITE IS VERY INFORMATIVE. IT IS ALSO VERY GRAPHIC AS IT DEPICTS HOW GRUESOME THE FUR TRADE IS. WHEN IT IS TIME TO KILL THESE ANIMALS, IT IS DONE EITHER BY ELECTROCUTION, POISONING WITH THE USE OF UNFILTERED ENGINE GAS, LETHAL INJECTION OF POISONS INTO THE STOMACH, GASSING, NECK BREAKING, OR STUNNING THEM. SOME OF THESE METHODS DO NOT ENSURE THE ANIMAL'S DEATH AND AS A RESULT, THEY END UP BEING SKINNED ALIVE.
THIS TOPIC IS VERY UPSETTING TO ME AND RESEARCHING THE INFORMATION ONLINE TO INCORPORATE INTO MY BLOG WAS NOT AN EASY THING. TO READ ABOUT HOW THESE POOR ANIMALS SUFFER & TO VIEW IMAGES OF THE ACTUAL CRUELTY JUST MAKES ME WONDER HOW HUMANS CAN DO THIS WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT COMES DOWN TO THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.
THIS IS WHY I STARTED MY BLOG. I WANT CONSUMERS TO BE AWARE OF PRODUCTS THEY CAN BUY THAT ARE CRUELTY-FREE, THUS MAKING IT A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL OF US (ANIMALS INCLUDED).
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