Is it wrong to wear fur?

I thought this would be a good subject for the GDF. I wouldn't wear fur myself (being a man for a start!) and the anti fur campaigns rightly show the barbarism connected to the fur industry but surely wearing leather is just as bad as wearing fur? Is it OK to wear fur if it's not from an endangered animal which has been humanely put to sleep?

when it's from a non endangered animal which has been put to sleep humanely I see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Yet that is seldomly the case.

I don't know that much about the leather production so I don't know why people don't complain about that as much as they do. But I assume that part of the reason is that furry creatures generally have a bigger appeal on people than leather creatures like cows and so on...

If you eat it, then fine. If you don't eat meat, and have furs, you're vain and hypocritical.

But yes, definitely no endangered animals, please. One ideas should be higher than that.

its wrong to wear fur, period.

I have no problem with people wearing fur or leather. So long as endangered animals are not used and as long as the animals suffered as little as possible.

I have no problem with people eating meat. Once again, so long as the animals were treated as humanely as possible before they ended up on my grill.

I have with people hunting or fishing. So long as they do it with the ethics recognized by most sportsmen.

I have no problem with people keeping animals as pets. So long as they are maintained with proper care and looked after.

Does it not counter any previous point as to how they were treated if they're dead anyway? I've notice many people saying "If they were treated humanely it's ok".

They could live in the presidential suite of the New York Hilton and drink nothing but golden milk, doesn't change the fact that they will be killed for the sole purpose of you wearing or using their skin. Similar to eating.

They're gonna be killed and eaten. They're not gonna be forced to live with being beaten. It almost seems scary to think that people are saying it's not ok to beat animals but it's ok to treat them humanely, kill them and wear their skin.

-AC

I'm a high-rolling, ghetto-fabulous pimp, so it's imperative that I uphold my reputation by wearing albino tiger-fur hats and turtle-shell shin-pads with my crocodile skin boots and my ivory-reinforced buck-rabbit teeth.

Other than those accessories, I find the whole thing distasteful. Surely people can find an alternative to koala fur g-strings? Those rabbit feet that I see hanging from rear-view mirrors are so last year. Also, when I see people drinking from furry cups, I feel all messed-up...Some of the girls in my gaggle don't even wash those things! Ugh.

I'm thinking of wearing all lycra in the near furture.

Originally posted by amity75
I thought this would be a good subject for the GDF. I wouldn't wear fur myself (being a man for a start!) and the anti fur campaigns rightly show the barbarism connected to the fur industry but surely wearing leather is just as bad as wearing fur? Is it OK to wear fur if it's not from an endangered animal which has been humanely put to sleep?

I think it is wrong to wear fur. Plus with today’s technology we can make synthetics that are really good. If industry put it’s mind to it, they could make synthetic furs that feel good and are inexpensive, with in a few years.

IMO, anytime human beings engage in the "I'm-human-so-I-can-do-whatever-the-fork-I-want-to-the-rest-of-the-world" mentality, it demeans us, as a species. One time, millennia ago, wearing furs was a practical way to keep warm. Now, it's done for vanity.

Is it morally wrong? Sure feels like it.

Well then Im vain, because if I ever hit it big, Im getting a silver fox coat. Tried one on a long time ago and Ive never forgotten it. And it does get bloody cold where I live so Id wear it. Dont bother flaming me about ths either. At least Im honest about it.

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
Well then Im vain, because if I ever hit it big, Im getting a silver fox coat. Tried one on a long time ago and Ive never forgotten it. And it does get bloody cold where I live so Id wear it. Dont bother flaming me about ths either. At least Im honest about it.

If you could get a synthetic silver fox coat that was just as good, would you?

If it felt exactly the same....YES

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
If it felt exactly the same....YES

Lets say, yes. In that case would you be willing to pay the same amount of money?

Originally posted by BobbyD
If you eat it, then fine. If you don't eat meat, and have furs, you're vain and hypocritical.

But yes, definitely no endangered animals, please. One ideas should be higher than that.

Originally posted by Fire
when it's from a non endangered animal which has been put to sleep humanely I see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Yet that is seldomly the case.

I don't know that much about the leather production so I don't know why people don't complain about that as much as they do. But I assume that part of the reason is that furry creatures generally have a bigger appeal on people than leather creatures like cows and so on...

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Lets say, yes. In that case would you be willing to pay the same amount of money?

oh HELL no schmoll

Originally posted by amity75
I thought this would be a good subject for the GDF. I wouldn't wear fur myself (being a man for a start!) and the anti fur campaigns rightly show the barbarism connected to the fur industry but surely wearing leather is just as bad as wearing fur? Is it OK to wear fur if it's not from an endangered animal which has been humanely put to sleep?

Dont know..................I wear what I want 😐

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
oh HELL no schmoll

Oh! well, that's the problem. 😎

Originally posted by KharmaDog
I have no problem with people wearing fur or leather. So long as endangered animals are not used and as long as the animals suffered as little as possible.

I have no problem with people eating meat. Once again, so long as the animals were treated as humanely as possible before they ended up on my grill.

I have with people hunting or fishing. So long as they do it with the ethics recognized by most sportsmen.

I have no problem with people keeping animals as pets. So long as they are maintained with proper care and looked after.

My thoughts exactly. ✅

I'll resurrect my previous question to anyone secure enough to answer:

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
They could live in the presidential suite of the New York Hilton and drink nothing but golden milk, doesn't change the fact that they will be killed for the sole purpose of you wearing or using their skin. Similar to eating.

They're gonna be killed and eaten. They're not gonna be forced to live with being beaten. It almost seems scary to think that people are saying it's not ok to beat animals but it's ok to treat them humanely, kill them and wear their skin.

Nobody finds that hypocritical?

You've got two fur coats. One of the animals was beaten, abused and everything else, right? The other was treated with every bit of love, care and attention.

What difference does it make? They're now dead and skinned.

I saw a video of an animal getting skinned alive for fur, I tried to post it here but it wasn't suitable apparantly. I can guarantee more or less that anyone considering wearing fur would easily be turned away if they saw it.

If Ed Gein treated girls right and killed them swiftly, would it matter that he later made body suits of their genitals and skin then? Or would it only be wrong if they suffered? Because it seems that if the actions toward the subject are humane, then anything committed post-death is ok.

-AC