Today, the fashion industry is pumping out thousands of fur coats for prospective buyers. The attempt of masking the true price of retrieving that fur by glamorizing coats is beyond most buyer’s attention. Some people know that animals go through pain when their fur is taken for the purpose of fashion, but most people do not understand the extent of the mutilation they go through. To be sure the fur is fresh and neat, certain animals are sometimes skinned alive. Fur farming is not only inhumane, but it also has a negative effect on nature. Fur farming is bad for the environment, brutal to animals and the animals are also inhumanely killed. According to psychological theory, the humanistic view claims that every person has good in them. …show more content…
To catch the animals, the farmers use a device called a leg-hold trap. “A study in Wheeler Nation Wildlife Refuge discovered that 26% of animals would actually attempt to bite of their limbs in order to escape one of these traps in the hopes of survival” (“Ranch Fur Cruelties”). The fact that animals are willing to chew of their body parts in order to escape means that the leg-hold trap must be painful towards the animals, which means it is an inhumane way of capturing an animal. Fur farming has been around for many years, but not always for the poor purpose of fashion. Although there are countless disadvantages with fur farming, many individuals are blinded by the glamour of the fur fashion industry to see that. One of the most crucial issues is how badly fur farming effects the environment which is almost always a victim of a human’s doing.
Effecting the environment has been a common issue that seems to keep resurfacing all over the world. While raw animal fur pelts may be biodegradable, the fur industry conveniently neglects to mention the fact that all of the animal skins used to make fur go through a tanning process (‘Nothing Humane about Fur Farms”). Tanning is a process that uses environmentally damaging toxins such as formaldehydes and strong acids. These chemicals are a danger to the atmosphere, helping destroy the environment which is already being damaged by other human-made things such as carbon dioxide from cars or grime from nuclear plants. The
Free range farming is the start of animal cruelty, where animals are brutally tortured, or sometimes - killed! Just because the animal’s meat aren't fleshy enough to sell, they end up in high speed grinders, getting bashed onto the floor or suffocating in black bags. Although factory farming is cheaper than free range farming, there are higher costs of buying ‘guilty meat’.
Many people who think that the way that we treat animals in the process of raising those for human consumption are wrong never stop, to think what they can do to stop this problem from further occurring. Furthermore, they make impassioned calls for more “humanely” raised meat. Instead to soothe their consciences they shop for “free range” meat, and eggs; which has no importance. Even if an animal is raised ‘free range” it still lives s life of pain and suffering that all ends with a butcher’s knife. Although many know that over 53 billion land animals are slaughtered each year for human utilization they still tend to eat this meat with no problem. The simple explanation is that many don’t care what happens to animals as long as they are eating and healthy. If they did care then they would what could be a difficult choice; to go without eating meat and selling it in any form.
cows, horses and many more are skinned alive and left for dead to suffer a brutal execution (Dudley 17). Fur farms are at an even bigger fault in this clothing industry of horror. In many cases there are thousands of animals raised in a crammed cage and then are forced to relieve themselves directly where they stand developing many illnesses and infections (Whalow 2). Many of these animals do not even know what the ground feels like. Often some may die of starvation, infection or other illnesses and be left for dead in these cages for days (Kerven 14).
Animals are much more complex and innovative that should be given more credit than it should be. Now learned about the animal feelings exist, human could be too cruel in using their survivor coat, fur, for expensive souvenirs or fashion runway. The Born Free USA organization expounds in 50 million violently killed animals for fashion every year. Fur is believed to get from meat production, but ¨fur comes from animals who are factory-farmed or trapped purely for fashion.¨ Animal furs are obtained through gassing, electrocution, or neck breaking in traps. Imagined a full house of fully coated species trap in a cramp factory house, the animal of intelligence are thought to be under humane treatment, but the fashion factories say differently. Rifkin support of animal is simply a moral principle that every human should have instead of thinking as a superior intelligent
To bring awareness I am going to point out how important an animal’s life is just as important, they have feelings. They feel pain, fear, as well as abandonment. People think that because they have fur that they should be treated differently.Their lives are just as important as ours. Cruelty and neglect cross socio-economic boundaries, and media reports suggest that animal abuse is common in both rural and urban areas. (Humane society of the United States, 2016)
It is as if the people get their salvation from this lifestyle of killing animals. Now, there is one woman who is a “rebel” in a way-her name is Suzie. She doesn’t like “any form of hunting”(285). She makes an interesting comparison of cows which have a predestinated life and wild animals, the majestic creatures her friends are killing for enjoyment. She explains how “wild animals are different”, how they “enjoy life” and that it is “cruel to go in after them and kill them”(285).
This deception begins with the fact that the American fur trade is not one that holds its innocent animals with respect, as they are butchered by the thousands and are subject to wretchedly inhumane methods of confinement. Animals farmed for their fur are imprisoned in cages for the remainder of their life, forced to endure intensive confinement. As a matter of fact, eighty-five percent of the fur industry‘s skins come from animals that are held captive on fur factory farms, where they are crammed into severely crowded, filthy wire cages. Foxes, minks, and ferrets, are an example of this as they spend the rest of their lives stacked on top of one another in barren cages with nothing beneath their feet, save wire mesh. Those at the top of the stacks are considerably more fortunate as they are not subject to feces and water falling into their food, from the animals imprisoned above. These unfit conditions evoke self-mutilation, sickness, infection, and cannibalism. In turn, premature death is severely rampant amongst fur farms and the fur trade in general. . In support, wildlife biologist, Mark Pimlott, states that animals held in captivity will suffer high mortality in the first few weeks of confinement. Unfortunately, captive animals are susceptible to even more pain as death
When we speak of exploitation, holocaust and slaughter, we think of slavery, the five million Jews killed during the Nazis Holocaust, and the many casualties of war, but these numbers pale and are a minuscule fraction compared to the number of non-human animals that are killed daily as a disposable service and resource for humans; their death is invisible, their horror silent. The same facts that shock us become acceptable data, a justifiable commodity of modern living. These anthropocentric sets of moral codes we use to rationalize our actions do not hold upon examination, and consistently brings us face to face with our own intrinsic prejudices.
In order to reduce cost, fur farmers confine animals in extremely congested places where they hardly have any place to move. This confinement is highly distressing to the animals and causes them to get extremely restless. These animals often tend the bite their skin, tails and feet out of anxiousness. Animals in fur factory farms are fed by products that are considered unfit for human consumption. (“Inside The Fur Industry”,n.d). Would we ever want to be fed like this? We do not even eat food that is nearing the end of its shelf life out of the fear of food poisoning.
Trapping is very valuable wildlife management tool that involves both predators and non-predators. An understanding of trapping is good for ranchers who depend on trapping to manage livestock populations. Trapping is an important process because it makes up the fur industry, which produces clothing, prevents an overpopulation of species, and provides an income to many families.
Premise 1 argues that the animal fur industry should be stopped since faux fur is a better alternative to animal fur. It claims that faux fur delivers the same benefits (it has an indistinguishable appearance and provides greater warmth) with less environmental cost. The suppressed assumption here is that environmental damage should be prevented where possible: this is a non-controversial normative claim that does not require further support, and is, therefore, acceptable.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 2011, 13 animal research and testing facilities produced approximately 700 tons of hazardous wastes (“Campaigns”). While these corporations do attempt to properly discard the waste by incineration, this, in fact, is even more detrimental. The emission of gases and fine particulate matter resulting from incineration of animal carcasses and laboratory supplies often contain experimental chemicals, drugs, and other toxins- which are released into the environment and produce air
Through art, the creators wanted to spark discussion on the possibility of wearing leather without killing an animal, but when the project reached its audience, the artists’ intent dwindled. Instead, debate surrounding the exhibit stemmed from compassion for the presented partial life object and not for the well-being of the animals falling victims of consumer demands for fashion. In Speculative Design, Dunne and Raby underline the relevance of discussing how to “manage works of art and products when they are made from living tissue,” (Dunne & Raby, 55) and the probing question of a public at unease was: Is it ethical–at all–to grow living
Animals have always played an essential role in many aspects of this world. Some people look upon these roles with favoritism, some with disgust. Animals are considered different from humans by some people because of their behavior, mannerisms or actions. Some animals are used as food by humans and other animals, while others are trapped for their furs. Many times people acquire animals for pets, only to neglect or mistreat them. For many years, the ethical treatment of animals has been a very controversial topic for moral discussion, often in reference to an ethical code or rule. In this paper, I will discuss these ethical issues identified with the treatment of animals as well as exploring these issues from a virtual ethicist’s
Main Point/Reason 1: Fall is one of the most beloved seasons. The weather is cooling down and warm, furry coats are breaking free from the dusty closets. However, this time of exciting emotion is not what the animals with furry coats share. Many animals including; foxes, mink(LCA). China is the largest fur exporter, which gives the United States more than half of the finished fur garments that were torn from animals. There is a shocking over two million cats and thousands of dogs bled to death, skinned alive, and hanged just for the skin each animal attains. These are household pets being tortured for the soft, lovable fur they have no control or power over. The sad truth is these cruel and horrid people have no consequences to their unacceptable behavior(Nine Shocking Fur Facts). Imagine a beloved and admired pet being tormented by strange people with unexisted feelings or emotion. Why is this heartless and wicked practice still in society? Another heartbreaking fact is that 85% of fur industry’s skin come from animals who are held captive on fur factory farms, which are crammed into dangerously crowded, wire cages and skinned alive. The cold, damp, and sickly cages animals are held in are 12 by 18 inches which are outdoor exposing each animal to the harsh elements of nature. Those measurements of confinement can lead to high stress level and at extreme measures, cannibalism. About 10 million animals die each year due to the stress and illness alone(LAC). The handlers of the fear-filled animals, only care about how