The ethics of selling a fur coat....

terra_ferma

arriva wrote: »

get real, you are PAMPERED. I bet you will be the first to jump on my throat if we get stuck together in a lift for a week.

I think you are really not reading posts properly, your replies don't make any sense at all.

hermum

arriva wrote: »

get real, you are PAMPERED. I bet you will be the first to jump on my throat if we get stuck together in a lift for a week.

What on earth are you rabbiting on about?

Thefelix

Having studied it, I believe that there is no ethical problem with fur coats in theory, in the same way that there need not be any problem with eating meat. However, the meat and fur industries that profit from these rarely care at all for the ethical guidelines consumers would hope for and always assume that were in place. Fortunately things have gotten a great deal better as demand for better sourced meats has increased etc.
Selling your coat second hand is not particularly unethical as you are no longer supporting such industries

Thefelix

Of course it is more complicated than that though

missbishi

hermum wrote: »

What on earth are you rabbiting on about?

:rotfl::rotfl:

macfly

arriva wrote: »

get real, you are PAMPERED. I bet you will be the first to jump on my throat if we get stuck together in a lift for a week.

Would take me about thirty seconds.

macfly

I've never heard of rabbits being killed purely for their skins. I've caught hundreds and always throw them away. All farmers with a rabbit infestation welcome hunters. I know a couple of blokes doing it who don't like the meat, which I find a bit puzzling. Stops them killing their neighbours I suppose.
I don't know what mink farmers do with the carcase, but if it's wasted then I don't approve. However, I saw a documentqary on the people of Siberia. They are poor, but save to buy real fur as they say it is the best thing for the lethal climate.
I don't wear fur, but I suspect my cheap Tesco t-shirts are exploiting somebody in the world. And my expensive ones no doubt.
Fanatics of any persuasion worry me. I like hunting, but would never force anyone to participate.

geri1965_2

I believe the rest of the mink is discarded as it serves no purpose. I don't intend Googling to find out for sure though.

kerri_gt

I was just reading this thread with interest as it was a conversation we had at work some time ago -same arguments came up there which have been talked about on here.

As a side comment - and apologies for perhaps going off the mark on the original question - I see people have bought up the ethics of fur vs wearing leather & eating meat, but no one ever seems to mention about down/feather duvets and pillows?

macfly

The most expensive are eider. That's collected from nests after the young have grown, so no dead birds.