I used to love garments that were made out of fur or leather. I did not really know or care where it came from. All I was interested in was the fact that it was fashionable and it looked good. Two weeks ago I was watching this television program on BBC three called blood sweat and luxuries which looked six young British teens who swap their luxury lives. They travel to Ethiopia working in a factory were animals were killed and then their skin is used to make shoes, leather, fur ect. I was very shocked after watching this show. The program showed the whole process from the animals getting killed to making the leather or fur . I felt sorry for these animals that were getting killed, but on the other hand animals are still getting killed weather it’s for fashion or humans eating them. So is killing animals for luxury reasons OK? Because either way animals are still getting killed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwb.
Lots of animals are killed for their fur, including minks, foxes, rabbits, sables, chinchillas, beavers, lynx, seals and racoons.
http://www.ad-international.org/fur/go.php?ssi=19
I was reading an article from the BBC news website it stated that in 2006 Pete Burns a Big brother contestant announced that when he went into the Big brother house he was wearing a fur coat which he said was made from gorilla skin. Biodiversity minister Jim Knight said: "Gorilla skins belong on gorillas, not on reality TV show contestants." If this was true Burns would be in a lot of trouble because gorillas top the list of critically endangered species and trading in any such species carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine.
The government banned fur farming in Britain in 2003 but it can still be imported from other countries. In spite of the ban, the fur trade is worth up to £500m a year to the UK, according to the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA).
Mink and fox are among the most popular furs in the UK. Dog and cat fur is legal in Britain, although members of the BFTA do not handle them. Responding to concerned animal welfare charities, the government has announced there is no hard evidence that dog and cat fur is sold in the UK, although admits it is difficult to establish whether such skins are entering the country.
Coming to a conclusion i don’t think people who wear fur really care where it comes from just as long as it looks good on them. i also think that it is a good thing that the government banned fur farming in the UK even though people are still going to be wearing it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4603032.stm
The link at the bottom looks at people opinions about wearing fur.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwb.
Lots of animals are killed for their fur, including minks, foxes, rabbits, sables, chinchillas, beavers, lynx, seals and racoons.
http://www.ad-international.org/fur/go.php?ssi=19
I was reading an article from the BBC news website it stated that in 2006 Pete Burns a Big brother contestant announced that when he went into the Big brother house he was wearing a fur coat which he said was made from gorilla skin. Biodiversity minister Jim Knight said: "Gorilla skins belong on gorillas, not on reality TV show contestants." If this was true Burns would be in a lot of trouble because gorillas top the list of critically endangered species and trading in any such species carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine.
The government banned fur farming in Britain in 2003 but it can still be imported from other countries. In spite of the ban, the fur trade is worth up to £500m a year to the UK, according to the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA).
Mink and fox are among the most popular furs in the UK. Dog and cat fur is legal in Britain, although members of the BFTA do not handle them. Responding to concerned animal welfare charities, the government has announced there is no hard evidence that dog and cat fur is sold in the UK, although admits it is difficult to establish whether such skins are entering the country.
Coming to a conclusion i don’t think people who wear fur really care where it comes from just as long as it looks good on them. i also think that it is a good thing that the government banned fur farming in the UK even though people are still going to be wearing it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4603032.stm
The link at the bottom looks at people opinions about wearing fur.
people’s http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Is_wearing_fur_morally_wrong opinions
I am happy to read that you helped a injured horse,that is very kind. awriter.org I like animals and always try to keep them safe and give them food.
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