According to Born Free USA, more than fifty million animals a year are violently killed and used for fashion. What do you think of when you think of an animal being used for “fashion”? Animals of all sorts are being raised to where they are big enough to be killed and used for their fur and their skin to make all kinds of clothing including coats, socks and pants. At least fifty million animals are used for that EVERY YEAR. Fifty million doesn’t seem like a significant amount, considering how many animals there are in the world. That is about 136,000 animals being slaughtered every day for their skin. Consider all types of animals, not just house pets; bears, tigers, deer, birds and water animals. Think about all the animals that get put down and day or when people hunt how many animals are killed or animals accidentally hit by a car a year. Add that number to the number of animals slaughtered a year for their skin. That is a LARGE number, larger than the number of people purposely killed a year. …show more content…
Fur farming is when someone raises or breeds certain types of animals for their skin, fur or both. Approximately eighty to eighty five percent of the fur from these animals come from a fur industry, filthy places where thousands and thousands of animals are kept all over the world. In each fur industry there are about three to four thousands animal kept in small, tiny, wire cages, constantly fight for their lives amongst many others. With no food or water to share. The fur industry makes up for over a quarter of the animals we use for regular food, clothing and other purposes each
Animal Cruelty is a problem that many ignore. People are oblivious to these animals and the negligence their owners show. Animal cruelty is an underlying problem in today’s society, and the only way to counteract these problems, is for this generation to do something about it.
An ongoing ethical debate in America is whether horse slaughter should be legalized in the United States. This debate grabs the emotions of many individuals and arises many questions. Horses are normally considered companions that are used for labor and events. Isn’t it inhumane to kill a companion? Aren’t there enough homes for our furry companions? In all reality horses are expensive animals and aren’t always used for their breeding purposes. Humane societies/rescues barely have enough room for neglected small animals, bringing in larger mammals is not plausible. Saving every animal will cause an overpopulation problem and increase the rate of neglect. Horses are being neglected, starved, abused, and even shipped across the country, banning slaughter houses is the truly the inhumane route. Slaughtering isn’t an easy alternative, but allowing them to suffer isn’t any better.
Do not misunderstand the fashion world is not the only industry that play a vicious role in the mistreatment and killing of these animals. The food industry plays just as big of a part in these treacherous acts. We do not realize where our food comes from when it is served to us on a plate. In most cases many animals were abused and tortured before execution in order to get a piece of meat on your plate. One widely known conglomerate in America that takes part is McDonalds (Collins 21). Their farm animals are treated horrible during their entire process. First, their chickens are transported from the farm to the slaughterhouses in which most cases they are carelessly thrown into the cages causing broken limbs. After that they are forced to travel
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
Would you kill your best friend after years of hard work together? I believe horse slaughter is a necessary evil due to many different reasons.
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
Why would anyone abuse an animal? Animal abuse is rather common, you could be doing it even if you don’t think you are. There are many animals that deal with abuse or neglect, about 1,423 animals a year. That’s in the U.S. alone. Animals are living creatures, just like you, and they’re not cheap. Neglect is another version of abuse, and it can come in many forms. Neglect could be starving them, not giving them medical care, not paying attention to them, etc, etc. Animals are just like humans, I mean, sure they can’t make their own meals, and they can’t drive a car, but that doesn’t mean they have fewer rights than you do. If an animal is abused or neglected the animal will be taken and the owner should be charged. If someone abuses an
Many people enjoy companionship with their animals; however, according to the American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), “every 60 seconds, another animal is abused.” Animals are often neglected in ways such as improper feeding, dog fighting, cockfighting, and being bred in puppy mills. In order to end animal abuse, people need to be enlightened about the multiple ways animals can be abused. Awareness of activities surrounding animal abuse will help decreases animal abuse. Education is of utmost importance in preventing animal abuse.
Some people think that dog fights are okay. However, think that is it wrong and the dogs should not be put through that. It makes them aggressive and makes it to where they cannot find a home. Not finding a home for a dog can be very sad. Only because if they do not find a home they can possibly be put down. Seeing a dog get put down is really heartbreaking.
Deer, elk skin, pig skin, lambs, horses, goats, and the famous alligators and crocodiles are just a few of the animals used for these products. Although, the animals are not alive when they are skinned down still does not make it okay. The animals are put to sleep in order for them to do this. Also, it probably wouldn’t work if they were alive because the animals would try to run. Believe it or not, cats and dogs are used for their skin in Asia for products that are sold to the United States (Is It True That Some). The clothing company Gucci announced they would stop selling fur products in 2018. This is huge news. All fur and leather products coming from animals fur and/or skin should be banned worldwide.
The fact is that, despite the obvious immoralities of killing to just take a fur or tooth, it is one of the only things keeping the animals alive in Africa. That statement probably doesn’t make much sense on the surface, but there are many more variables in the whole idea than just the killing of the animals by trophy hunters like poachers, the countries individual wealth, and the ability for the countries to protect the animals in their territories.
Humans have been using the skins of animals to make shoes and clothing since the dawn of time. In ancient times humans hunted animals for food; no part of the animal went to waste. Parts of the animal such as the bones and fur were used to make clothing as well as jewelry. There was a mutual respect for the Earth and all of the creatures that inhabit it. “The Earth is part of us; the Earth is sacred.” (Carlos). There was once the understanding that another life form is giving itself up for another to thrive. In today’s society there is a growing demand for food and clothing. In a world filled with so many people, there is also a growing demand to feel unique and special. Animals are mass-produced to feed our hunger, and to satisfy our growing appetite for glamour and fashion. Continuing through the centuries, the fur trade has shaped and influenced human life. Much has changed since the old ways of hunting and trapping animals. Luxury, power, and the lust to possess something beautiful are the main shape shifters in this profitable yet questionable business.
Many companies, like McDonalds, lie about what actually goes on at their farms. “Free range” “Cruelty free” “Killed in a humane way” Those are just some the things that consumers are told and believe everyday. Saying thank you to the animal before munching on its flesh and bones doesn’t excuse what happens to them. The abuse and torture animals go through at factory farms isn’t fair and needs to be stopped immediately.
Faux furs have taken primary standpoint for use of fashion, and are a predominant political statement in the industry. Designers are using faux fur in a proud statement against the fur industry. Faux furs are being used as political protest statements, and have evolved into a creature of their own from a life of being a tacky counterfeit. While faux fur has very recently created a strong positive presence in fashion, it’s debate has been dated back to the 19th century. PETA’s campaign of naked celebrities protested that ‘they would rather go naked than wear fur’; while David Bailey’s Dumb Animals campaign for Greenpeace protested that ‘It takes 40 dumb animals to make a fur coat, but only one to wear them.’ These campaigns were some of the most publicized and controversial and took place in a controversial time for the great fur debate, the eighties and nineties. The protest
Humanity has lost its heart, tolerating these immense criminal acts and massive massacres against beautiful creatures around our Mother Earth has even cost us more than just our hearts. The fur industry is one of the cruelest industries in the world, making an animal go through so much pain and suffering just to be sold for a very cheap price in dozen, as humans our job is to protect these poor animals by raising awareness against how much agony and torture animals go through, plus we must encourage people to boycott any brand that uses fur. The most killed animal species for their fur are Minks, secondly foxes and then Chinchillas. They’re kept imprisoned and caged up in unsanitary and crowded cages helplessly watching their kind being slaughtered mercilessly and then thrown into a pile of murdered animals, what’s worse is that they are in line for the mass slaughter of either having their skin ripped off their bodies or being smashed against a wall and after that they will be disposed of just like a piece of a gum wrapper, their death comes when the excruciating pain becomes too much to