Upon the touchy subject of furries and real fur.
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Shadowwolf
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I'm a bit of a taxidermist myself (a collector of dead things is a more appropriate description), so I'm okay with real fur. But I strongly disagree with fur trapping, fur farming, or any killing of an animal for the sole purpose of their skin. It's pointless, and it's not worth it. All the pelts I have were either collected from animals that died of natural causes or whose bodies were also used for meat. I would not be able to sleep at night if I knew that I was promoting the fur farm industry by purchasing their materials.
That being said, carting around a plushie of any kind and calling it your pet, isa little really weird.
That being said, carting around a plushie of any kind and calling it your pet, is
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Duality Jack
Feeling Loki with it.
Apathy,t keeps me warm but i have other options. my opinion :if you eat the animal why not use its fur?
Cute_Wolfy
Member
real fur looks awesome... ON ANIMALS
why u have to torture an animal(especially the hunters)while you can get fake fur?(there arent huge differences between them)
i am against killing animals for only that purpose.
why u have to torture an animal(especially the hunters)while you can get fake fur?(there arent huge differences between them)
i am against killing animals for only that purpose.
KirbyCowFox
Muu-bitch!
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Telnac
Fundamentalist Heretic
I've tried fake fur hats before, but they don't come even close to being as warm as my rabbit fur hat. When it hits -20F and I'm outside shoveling the snow, that makes a BIG difference, since you lose most of your body heat through your head.
I'm against wearing fur just for fashion or cosmetic reasons. But when real fur is more functional than the fake stuff, I'll wear real fur.
i dont care as long as you use the rest of the little critter i really dont mind
like i have a turtle shell frisbee because my dad likes turtle meat and he made the shell into a frisbee for me and used the bottom for a knee pad i never did get the second pad because he stopped eating turtle because he got sick off that one
like i have a turtle shell frisbee because my dad likes turtle meat and he made the shell into a frisbee for me and used the bottom for a knee pad i never did get the second pad because he stopped eating turtle because he got sick off that one
Duality Jack
Feeling Loki with it.
Im confused does this guy have a pet fox of roes he wear foxes?
KirbyCowFox
Muu-bitch!
No, she's a taxedermist. She doesn't wear coats as far as I know, but she's friends with a tannery that primarily gets their animals from roadkill
It seems like a stupid reason to kill and animal but if it's dead anyway... We kill animals for meat and leather, I suppose furs not really all that different.
Randy-Darkshade
Bike riding squirrel thing.
Now I feel guilty for having a leather wallet v.v
I know remembered a joke about the topic.
Why are people more opposed to fur than leather?
It's safer to harass old women than motorbike gangs.
Why are people more opposed to fur than leather?
It's safer to harass old women than motorbike gangs.
Waggable
Fur goes in here!
Vatz
OH MAH GAWD
I understand that we kill animals every day for food and various supplies (hide, leather, etc.), but I would never wear fur from an animal unless my life depended on it (i.e., lost in the Arctic). Still, I would rather not shoot/snare/whatever a canine, vulpine, or feline--those are three types of animals that I connect with on a deep psychological level, and I'd much rather use faux fur (which can be pretty warm) or some other synthetic material like Gore-Tex.
However, if said animal had died naturally or because they were crossing the street at the wrong time (or something similar to this) and somebody had just happened to find the animal and take the fur off, then I'd be fine with that. I can't stand it when people trophy hunt, though.
However, if said animal had died naturally or because they were crossing the street at the wrong time (or something similar to this) and somebody had just happened to find the animal and take the fur off, then I'd be fine with that. I can't stand it when people trophy hunt, though.
Randy-Darkshade
Bike riding squirrel thing.
What difference does fur make? You STILL have to kill an animal for food, hide AND leather, remember what Leather is? Cow skin, hide or what ever. So what difference does killing for fur make if the other three is ok?
Do we need leather wallets? no. Do we need leather coats? no. Do we need any leather clothing? not really no. So tell me, wtf difference does fur make?
Gavrill
ladies~
It's hypocritical to be against using the furs of "cute" animals while you use leather products.
I'm an amateur taxidermist myself, and all I can say is that as long as you use all of the animal, there shouldn't be a problem.
As for fur farms, there are worse things we harvest from animals. Fur farms aren't any different from regular farms.
I'm an amateur taxidermist myself, and all I can say is that as long as you use all of the animal, there shouldn't be a problem.
As for fur farms, there are worse things we harvest from animals. Fur farms aren't any different from regular farms.
Randy-Darkshade
Bike riding squirrel thing.
Really? at least meat farms KILL the animal before they butcher it. Fur farms very often skin the animal alive. I see that as a big difference from regular farms.
Gavrill
ladies~
Who told you that? Usually animals are killed before they're skinned. Otherwise they'd struggle, which could rip the fur. :V
Randy-Darkshade
Bike riding squirrel thing.
Read through the thread it was mentioned at least once somewhere. And I am sure I once heard about it on a documentary once quite sometime ago...
EDIT: I agree with the part about being hypocritical of fur if you own leather. I have a leather wallet, but it was a gift, not something I'd buy with my own money.
Vatz
OH MAH GAWD
Well, you might as well get pissed off as Zrcalo for starting this thread in the first place, but as I seem to have noticed, you aren't even a little phased that he is perfectly fine with hunting animals for sport--which I'm not. All I'm saying is that except for those three families of animals--and I don't know why, it's just a sort of psychological block on my part--I would rather kill an animal than die myself, but I find the idea of hunting SPECIFICALLY for sport or trophy-collecting sick. No, we don't NEED leather wallets--but we don't really need wallets at all, do we? Or pants. Or coats. Hell, we don't even need clothes, but we wear them anyway, don't we? How the fuck should I know what the difference is between leather and fur? They both come from animals--it's just that I find fur articles sickening, and I don't usually find leather bothering.
And, by the way, fur is a HELL of a lot warmer than leather, if you really want an obvious difference that I doubt you could think of yourself.