Re Fur

Pamela Giroux | Jan 18, 2017

Imagine my surprise when I came upon a CTV News show from London Ont. Featuring a news clip about Animal Rights Activists protesting against fur, leather, wool, and feathers! The protestors were taking clothing manufacturers to task for making coats, bags and shoes from our animal friends. I watched and listened with amusement to these city snobs spouting the same old outdated rhetoric from years ago. They knew nothing about the new regulations that trappers must comply with and they choose not to know because then they might have to adjust their outmoded thinking on this issue. If they had their way none of us could own a down-filled jacket, leather boots or heaven forbid a fur coat! What really astounded me was when a sweet faced young woman said that she questioned the humanity of people who wore fur coats or for that matter anything manufactured from animal skins! Say what? I couldn’t help but think, are there not more pressing issues in the world today to focus your attention on? In addition these protestors had better all be Vegetarians or Vegan before they start attacking the fur industry. When you consider that this country was founded on the Fur Trade the rants of the protestors sound pretty ridiculous. Besides we have Conservationists in every Province and Territory who keep a watchful eye on all our wild animal populations for future generations. Since a lot of fur coats are made from farmed animals perhaps they could expend their energy checking on the treatment of these animals, for example, mink. At any rate these bleeding hearts were so far off base harkening back to an era when movie stars like Bridgitte Bardot captured the media spot light by posing next to a baby seal in order to promote an anti-fur campaign. As for me at this stage in my life I am thankful I still have my old fur coat to keep me warm when it’s -20.  I have faith that the citizens in my village would be unlikely participants in a protest held in freezing cold temp. wearing synthetic concoctions to keep warm. They are smarter than that.