+488 There's LOTS of people who refuse to wear fur coats because it's cruel , yet many (often the same people) own Leather shoes, jackets, furniture, etc. amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I refuse to wear a fur coat because I'd look ridiculous, not because it's made from an animal.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i know me too. lol i hate the way they look

by Anonymous 13 years ago

This is because fur coats kill animals unnecessarily, not to mention it puts them through excruciating pain, whereas leather is a by-product of the meat industry- the animals are dying for food and are already dead so they don't feel pain when the hides are taken.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Leather is a byproduct of the meat industry. I don't find meat to be unethical so I don't mind using another part of an animal that would have been killed for food anyway.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It's more to do with the way the animals are treated when they are skinned for fur than how cows are treated for leather. The fur industry is truly horrific.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

@422431 (Rowanne): noot true! When animals are killed for meat they are bled out, and people won't use blood-soaked leather! Watch Earthlings, see if you learn something There you'll see how cows are treated for leather and meat, too.... Its about how us, humans abuse animals.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Don't they have synthetic fur though? If they don't then I look like a dumbass... haha

by Anonymous 13 years ago