"SWEET!"
Posted on 06/29/2013 6:00:22 PM PDT by Squawk 8888
Nothing better than standing around and bs’ing with friends in a stove-warmed fur shed with a bunch of pelts hanging nearby to remind you of the hard work you just did and the rewards that follow.
I agree.
I won’t buy fur. I won’t protest or boycott those establishments that sell it, either. The sales of fur are down for whatever reason. Maybe that is an indication people realized animals died to furnish that fashionable coat. Maybe it was a matter of frugality. Cold storage for furs is NOT cheap. Other coats made of newer materials are just as efficient at keeping one warm without the additional costs or ethical arguments.
I do not have an issue with the harvesting of materials from another industry, such as leather from the beef industry, since beef is an important food source. I have serious reservations about raising animals for just their fur. No different than the ethical arguments against killing elephants for their tusks or a rhinoceros for it’s horn.
I have in the past and to this day still wrestle with being a carnivore. Were meat, especially bacon, not so darned tasty, I would have been a vegetarian decades ago. As it is, I still eat meat. I am also mindful of the animals and from where the food comes.
"SWEET!"
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