CYRANO'S JOURNAL®

ANNALS OF HUMAN CHAUVINISM (SPECIESISM)

Furs: Revolting cruelties for the sake of human vanity

"No progressive can ignore the mind-boggling suffering we humans inflict on billions of helpless animals EVERY SINGLE DAY on this earth...To recognize this fact...and to be moved to action is a matter of simple decency and moral consistency ..."

Billboard ad for SAGA, the Scandinavian fur producers association

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The video on the left should provide ALL the reasons you need to oppose fur in all its variations. But if you need detailed facts to construct your own arguments to help to educate others, please visit PETA's special page, FUR IS DEAD, THE FACTS.

RELATED ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

1. Fighting the fur-clad specter of Attila (Editorial), Animal People (Jan-Feb 2003)

The importance of fur-wearing, apart from the lives of up to 40 million animals killed for fur each year, is that after meat-eating it is the most visibly conspicuous public symbol of attitudes toward animals. Mass media and the general public began to view animal advocacy as an authentic socially transformative force after fur garments abruptly vanished from the streets of much of the U.S. and Europe in 1988-1989--and perceive the cause as waning if they see more fur, whether or not fur is actually the focus of much active campaigning. Today more fur is visible, and that should be cause for worry. [MORE—>

http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/03/1/importanceFurs103Rev.html

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