Wearing fur essay

[david-lfc]

I am doing a peice of coursework in English and it's a to argue/persuade peice and mine is on wearing animal fur. I have to do a balanced argument and I have the no side covered I just can't think of any thing for it. Any ideas? I was thinking of putting like you skin cows for leather and no-one makes a fuss about that.....

Help!

[daffy654]

How about that in countries where they have to hunt and kill their own food they also use the fur for clothing and tent making etc. Also in very cold countries there is a need for animal fur coats as they are warmer than any synthetic material.

[david-lfc]

Thankyouu!

[Reverandfunk]

Plus we kill other animals and use their skins namely cows and pigs and how about lambs?

Lambswool scarves, gloves etc are accepted.

Most people wear leather in some form, thats from an animal.

[daffy654]

Lambswool is obtained by shearing the lamb (alive) Rev,we only use the whole skin of a sheep for sheepskin coats etc(obviously they have to be dead for this.lol)

[Reverandfunk]

No one likes a smart ar5e daffy lol

I knew what i meant lol

[VillageVicar]

From a historical point, taking an indigenous group, such as the American Indian, for them, killing animals for anything other than food and shelter was a high crime. Each time they killed and animal, they gave thanks for its life, for all it gave to them: in clothing and protection, in leathers, in meat, in fat for cooking, for oiling their boats and tools and many things history has forgotten about.

It was with the advancement of the white settlers that the animals were slaughtered � often only for fur, with the rest of their bodies being discarded. Today in countries, such as Moldova, the Ukraine, etc., in villages, the locals still use the furs of their horses, sheep and even dogs to make clothing and to provide shelter. These animals are not harvested, but have given and served all of their life and now those remains are further used.

It�s a far different matter than the harvesting and slaughter of small animals simply to make a fashion statement.

You might wish to have a look at PETA�s website for young people. It�s at:

http://www.peta2.com/uk/

best of luck on your research

Fr Bill

[spudqueen]

Having visited New York in the depths of winter and seeing many many fur shops and many many women wearing fur coats I can understand that in a really cold climate (and I'm not saying New York is one - probably Alaska is!) wearing a fur coat is the best way of keeping warm. Hell, if I lived in Alaska I'd probably wear real fur!

[jrcvdoc]

If their was no demand for fur, meat etc the animals wouldn't be bred in the first place. If the world was full of vegetarians cows, pigs and sheep would probably be extinct.