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Recently been abroad and on the island I was staying it had several large fur shops (despite it being hot as hell) these places seemed to be doing a very good trade.
Then coming home I was shopping and liked the look of a Canada goose jacket until I found out the hood was lined with coyote fur! Which is a bit too close to dog for me.
This morning there was a story in the paper re a fur shop in Stroud closing because of protesters.
I thought fur was a thing of the past.
Would you wear it?
No judgement from me certainly but I wouldn’t.
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"I dont see the difference between fur and leather tbh but it's not a look I can pull off  "
Yeah I see that connection. Only leather thing I have is my gag and crop! 
For me with the jacket it was the fact that the animal had been trapped and was a member of the canine family.
Hypocritical of me? Yup. |
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over a year ago
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"I dont see the difference between fur and leather tbh but it's not a look I can pull off "
The way I look at it is that leather is a bi-product of the meat trade, whereas fur is from an animal that has either been bred or hunted solely for the purpose of someone wearing it
I don't eat a lot of meat
I don't wear much leather
I don't wear fur
I don't buy products containing down
I could be wrong on my justification for leather, so I am going to stick my fingers in my ears and go 'la,la,la' just in case someone tells me different |
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"Recently been abroad and on the island I was staying it had several large fur shops (despite it being hot as hell) these places seemed to be doing a very good trade.
Then coming home I was shopping and liked the look of a Canada goose jacket until I found out the hood was lined with coyote fur! Which is a bit too close to dog for me.
This morning there was a story in the paper re a fur shop in Stroud closing because of protesters.
I thought fur was a thing of the past.
Would you wear it?
No judgement from me certainly but I wouldn’t.
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Been to Crete then? |
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"Recently been abroad and on the island I was staying it had several large fur shops (despite it being hot as hell) these places seemed to be doing a very good trade.
Then coming home I was shopping and liked the look of a Canada goose jacket until I found out the hood was lined with coyote fur! Which is a bit too close to dog for me.
This morning there was a story in the paper re a fur shop in Stroud closing because of protesters.
I thought fur was a thing of the past.
Would you wear it?
No judgement from me certainly but I wouldn’t.
Been to Crete then?"
No Corfu guessing it was a Greek thing.  |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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If it were purely for vanity (i.e. because it looked good) then no - for survival (because I was a remote tribesman with no other source of clothing) then yes.
As was said upthread I see a difference between leather (which is a bi product of the meat trade) and fur (where animals are killed for their skin alone) so have no qualms about leather products |
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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago
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"If it were purely for vanity (i.e. because it looked good) then no - for survival (because I was a remote tribesman with no other source of clothing) then yes.
As was said upthread I see a difference between leather (which is a bi product of the meat trade) and fur (where animals are killed for their skin alone) so have no qualms about leather products "
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"If it were purely for vanity (i.e. because it looked good) then no - for survival (because I was a remote tribesman with no other source of clothing) then yes.
As was said upthread I see a difference between leather (which is a bi product of the meat trade) and fur (where animals are killed for their skin alone) so have no qualms about leather products "
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It depends.
I eat meat and I wear leather. I would wear rabbit fur if I could be sure that it was a by product of the meat trade and that protesters wouldn't target me without asking its provenance.
Lots of people have been unwittingly wearing fur bobbles on their hats. |
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over a year ago
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A full fur coat would be a no not through ethical reasons more because there are some real psychopath nutcases who attack and abuse people if they go out wearing it and who needs that sort of hassle. |
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Depends. If it's a byproduct of another process, then maybe, otherwise no. (for example, Australia culls rabbits due to the damage they cause to the native ecosystem. I don't think the fur that can be sold from this process is terribly morally problematic) |
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By *ngelina4uWoman
over a year ago
Camberley/Middleton |
No I wouldn't it takes 100 chinchillas or up to 60 minks to make one full length coat ~I really don't see any justification for killing all those critters just for a coat. Each to their own but not for me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I used to wear fur in the 70's and still have some that I don't wear.
I eat meat and fowl and wear leather and have leather furniture and they are all by products of being a carnivore.
I would never wear fur from wild animals but from animals that are bred for eating I think its acceptable if you want to. In Europe it is deemed perfectly acceptable to wear fur in the winter. |
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"Been to Crete then?
No Corfu guessing it was a Greek thing. "
Think you will find it's mostly a Russian tourist thing.
I wouldn't wear fur today, but in a place of regular -20 temperatures, or post appocolypse when roofs and heating isn't available I may change my view. |
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"Been to Crete then?
No Corfu guessing it was a Greek thing.
Think you will find it's mostly a Russian tourist thing.
I wouldn't wear fur today, but in a place of regular -20 temperatures, or post appocolypse when roofs and heating isn't available I may change my view."
Absolutely.
Although I found that Bulgaria has better fur coats. They do get the weather to wear them occasionally though. I still have one that I bought in 1983. Excellent quality, even though made of tiny little pieces that are usually left after they have made the expensive type coats. |
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Working in theatre growing up, there were times where part of my costume were real fur. This completely disgusted me, but if you kick up a fuss then you’re unlikely to get hired again, so I just had to breathe through the fact that I was wearing a dead animal |
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If I lived in a time without overdeveloped urban sensibilities, an overcrowded world where wild mammals are increasingly rare and marginalised, without a fashion industry that converts materials to waste as fast as possible, without clothing stores piled high with the fruits of sweat shop labour....then yes I'd be happy to kill, skin, eat the meat and wear the skins of fur bearing mammals |
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"It depends.
I eat meat and I wear leather. I would wear rabbit fur if I could be sure that it was a by product of the meat trade and that protesters wouldn't target me without asking its provenance.
Lots of people have been unwittingly wearing fur bobbles on their hats."
Sadly, I think a lot of people deliberately choose not to think where the fur bobble comes from as wearing a fashionable item is more important. I spent *ages* last year searching out a bobble hat which not only matched my coat but was also cruelty free. The vast majority for sale featured real fur - you can pretty much tell by sight and certainly by feel - but I found a few shops were insistent it was fake, no doubt at the prospect of losing a sale  |
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"It depends.
I eat meat and I wear leather. I would wear rabbit fur if I could be sure that it was a by product of the meat trade and that protesters wouldn't target me without asking its provenance.
Lots of people have been unwittingly wearing fur bobbles on their hats.
Sadly, I think a lot of people deliberately choose not to think where the fur bobble comes from as wearing a fashionable item is more important. I spent *ages* last year searching out a bobble hat which not only matched my coat but was also cruelty free. The vast majority for sale featured real fur - you can pretty much tell by sight and certainly by feel - but I found a few shops were insistent it was fake, no doubt at the prospect of losing a sale "
What a world we live in. |
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For me it all depends on the provenance, if an animal is killed purely for the purpose of wearing it's fur then of course it's wrong.
However, there are many reasons human beings kill animals. A mention was made earlier of coyote fur. If the animal was killed as part of a cull to keep numbers under control the i don't see the problem with wearing it's fur, it makes perfect sense not to waste what it has to offer if the animal is going to die anyway. I don't like waste. The same goes for fox, deer, rabbit and mole etc.
The mink industry, and the animal righters who thought it was a good idea to release them, are responsible for ruining entire tracts of our native ecosystem. The irony here is that to trade in farmed mink is wrong but to harvest fur from animals killed to protect our ecology is not, in my opinion.
These modern day bleeding hearts really need to wake up and sniff the air of the real world. |
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Yes, I would and I do.
I have a fox fur hat and a fur coat (fur is unknown) that was a family heirloom handed down to me. Both are wonderfully warm.
I think there is such a stigma to fur, if you look at the Inuits they use the whole animal, for food, clothing, bones used for tools etc, it's not a sport but a way of life.
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I would wear vintage fur or fur that is effectively a by-product in the same way as leather. Fur from culled animals is also perfectly acceptable in my mind.
Fur products should/could be required to state the provenance of the fur.
Nita
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