Dead Furry Animals Make A Comeback

Media marketing appears to have been very successful at turning of the public's conscience in order to make wearing animal hides acceptable again. In a recent article in the Hamilton Spectator, one local citizen who was buying a fur trimmed leather coat was quoted as saying, “I feel I respect their outlook on things (animal activists) so I don't feel they should tell me what to do. I've paid my dues. Really.” The political “culture of entitlement” appears to have found a strong foothold among everyday Canadians. It is unclear what dues can be paid that one is entitled to have animals slaughtered for fashion. Cost is no longer a barrier to fur, as trim can be quite inexpensive and some may not even realize they are wearing the real thing. If the label does not expressly say it is fake trim, there is a good chance it is real. This is because of labeling laws, and the fur industry's subversion of them by keeping the quantity under the approved standards. This does little to change the fate of the animal whose life was taken. http://www.raisethehammer.org/index.asp?id=242

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