Killing animals for sport

[DHogan]

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

I guess I don't feel a need to sit in judgement over what other people choose to wear.

And if I did I would see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Or leather shoes, or for that matter, I'm not going to give ballplayers a hard time for using leather gloves.....

Life is so much happier and simpler when we refrain from trying to control the choices other people make.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I guess I don't feel a need to sit in judgement over what other people choose to wear.

And if I did I would see nothing wrong with wearing fur. Or leather shoes, or for that matter, I'm not going to give ballplayers a hard time for using leather gloves.....

Life is so much happier and simpler when we refrain from trying to control the choices other people make.

Very true, to me theres nothing worse than the "I don't like it therefore no one should be allowed to do it" people.

[packs]

Originally Posted by DHogan

I have a question for the group. In winter, when women and men wear these big heavy coats with fur hoods and around the collars. And a lot of woman wear big warm hats with all little fur on the top of the hat. Why don't people say where does that fur come from ? I doubt it's machine made.

If it's a new coat or hat it's definitely faux fur. Very few people wear actual fur anymore, mostly because of the backlash that comes with wearing fur. Some cities, like Los Angeles for example, ban the sale or manufacturing of fur. In other parts of the world the practice or farming is banned entirely as well. I haven't known anyone my age to wear fur at all.

For me, it's the quality of life that's important. Ireland recently banned fur farming just this year. They used mink farms as an example of the extreme cruelty the animals endure while being crammed into cages before being gassed and skinned.

[RichardSimon]

Let's arm the animals and see what happens then with all those brave hunters.

[tothrk]

I’m not a hunter. Never have been. I have 13 rescues currently with me that I’ve accumulated over the past 16 years. Haven’t lost one yet and definitely dreading the day I do. With that being said, I have zero problem with legal hunters who harvest the animal for a solid, legitimate reason. However, and I’m sure I’ll get arguments over this, there is no way I can consider hunting “sport”. It’s an ambush. Many of my friends hunt deer and turkey to help feed their families. I have no objections to this. I simply prefer to do my hunting at the grocery store or restaurant. To kill an animal simply to mount it on the wall and for no other reason is disgusting to me personally.