Animal rights activists strutted naked through Tokyo's glitzy Ginza district wearing nothing but a banner reading: "The naked truth: Burberry butchers bunnies." Do your sympathies towards use of furs extend to rabbits?

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• Living in 2007 in developed countries, we can afford these sensibilities and have alternatives, but for most of the world and for most of history, there were no alternatives. I have no problems with farmed animals of any type, and, as an Aussie whose land is being ruined by introduced rabbits, little sympathy with "bunnies". To us, they are just rats with good PR.

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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on June 15th, 2007

• Yeah, I'm still phasing leather out. I own a pair of leather trainers still which I don't usually wear.
  As far as rabbits go, I understand they might be pests, but that's no reason to skin them and put them on your back. Did you know that may animals who are used for fur are still alive and concious when they're skinned? I thought the Big Guy would object to his creatures being treated inhumanely, no?!

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  by Carmella on June 15th, 2007

• I don't like and I agree that no animal should be killed horrifically. But I still have no problems with killing farmed animals. That will continue until the renewing of the world at the last day. Then all pain will stop.

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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on June 15th, 2007

• What last day? Are you going all "judgement day" on me?
  I don't think they should kill horrifically, OR when they aren't thrifty with the animal. The bodies just rot away- they don't do ANYTHING with the bodies. It's just mindless, nonsensical killing.

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  by Penny The Wise on June 16th, 2007

• Agreed Penny. ''Judgement Day'' isn't provable. The fact thousands if not millions of animals suffer needlessly because of the fur industry is. We should stop the suffering *now*.

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  by Carmella on June 16th, 2007

• *claps furiously*
  *stands*
  *Claps furiously some more*

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  by Penny The Wise on June 16th, 2007

• *joins in clapping and throws rotten eggs at the people wearing fur*

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  by Carmella on June 16th, 2007

• Ooh, I'll grab some paint!

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  by Penny The Wise on June 16th, 2007

• I like you more and more Penny, seriously. You're great. (Obviously I wouldn't usually advocate throwing paint at people, but this is an exceptional case!)

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  by Carmella on June 16th, 2007

• Thanks! You too, Candy!
  Here, do you want red or blue?

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  by Penny The Wise on June 16th, 2007

• Red. Go for the blood look, just to reinforce the point a bit. is it lead paint by any chance?

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  by Carmella on June 16th, 2007

• No, I didn't have any of that lieing around- Sorry! I didn't know I would be pouring it on people. But I do also have spray paint! A rainbow of colors- should be fun!

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  by Penny The Wise on June 18th, 2007

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• That's a good answer. I like the way you think. Very realistic. I wonder why the rabbit fur industry does not use left over fur from the rabbit meat industry. That would surely save a lot of money.

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  by singwell-is off researching a lot on June 15th, 2007

• Thank you :)

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  by DreAnna on June 15th, 2007

• i think their protests are more about the treatment of the animals, not the use. I mean if its their culture to eat ribbits, fine, ifthey use the leftover fur for clothing, fine, but if they're tourturing these animals during any part of the process, then i don't condone the practice. I don't know where they get the fur from, but "fur farms" are pretty much just tourture chambers for animals.

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  by XOXMSperfect on January 31st, 2009

• Good answer and also agreed with the above comment.

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  by Arisztid on January 31st, 2009

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• Agreed on that part, Candy. When you're using all of the animal, meat for food, pelts for clothing because it's NEEDED, bones for tools etc, I can understand that. What we're doing is terrible.

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  by Penny The Wise on June 15th, 2007

• Thanks Penny! I think it's different for people who still pretty much live in isolation, but there's no need to wear fur otherwise when there are loads of other materials. I refuse to wear fake fur too, because 1) It isn't always actually fake and 2) I just don't think it looks nice or projects a good message <rant over>

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  by Carmella on June 15th, 2007

• Definitely no need for it in the developed world!

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  by Tveg on April 6th, 2009

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