Flaunting fur might be back, thanks in part to vintage buyers and sustainable shoppers (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Those who are against fur need to fight those who are for synthetics shedding microplatics everywhere.

[-] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Who is for shedding microplastics everywhere?

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It's not that they are for that but rather they are for owning things that do that as a side effect.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

There is nothing wrong with owning, hunting for, producing, or selling furs. If you disagree, start your "anti fur trade" campaign with the Indigenous tribes who still rely on it.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

We can't ask them, but if we could, I bet you the animals would have a few objections.

[-] Arkouda@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago

I am sure a Deer being taken out by a Cougar objects to that situation as well.

As I said, you are free to take your complaints to the Indigenous community first and convince them their ways of life and traditions need to be stopped.

Let me know how that goes.

[-] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

If the animals are raised and killed humanly I cant really be against it. Not any different than leather other than the fuzzy animals being cuter, I don't like it but I'm not against it.

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Unless people were going to be eating things like marten and fox anyway, it's not really a fair comparison.

A lot of leather is a byproduct of the meat industry, meaning the animal wasn't killed for leather, the skin was used instead of just being thrown away.

But I've been vegan for over a decade, so I'm not going to be pro-fur anytime soon.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

humane murder is not a thing that can logically exist. this is something a person tells themselves to manage feelings they are not willing to process.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

You know very well though what is meant with "humane killing"

Just form comparison; do you think that animals in the wild all live in heaven without any pains ?

People are omnivorous, like many animals out there, is it okay that animals kill? If yes, then why is it wrong that humans kill? If no, I don't know what to tell ya

We also pretty much NEED leather. Until factories can produce real leather, how do you propose to do that without killing animals?

We can remove everything bad but by then there will be very little left to live with

I'm not saying it's nice to slaughter animals, but since it's pretty mcuh a necessity, at least we can try to make sure they have a nice life that suddenly stopped. It will still be a 100% nicer life and death that pure nature can give them.