Animal Rights Group Asks Miss Florida USA Contestants to Donate Fur "Prizes"

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• This whole argument is ridiculous. If you don't like real fur, for whatever reason, then don't wear it. If you want to try to convince others to not wear it, fine. But to go around insulting and intimidating others into behaving as you see fit is worse than wearing fur. If humans are indeed just like animals, then there should be no problem in us killing them for our own purpose. Animals kill each other all the time for their own purposes, and often it is not just for food. If, however, we are above the animals, on a higher plane of existence, then it should not be a problem that we use them again as we see fit. I don't think a wild animal would hesitate for a second to kill us and to use us in some way that benefitted it, if it had the means to do so. The only thing that separates us from them is that they haven't figured out how to turn us into a fur coat or leather or people burgers. Look, in the end it's about doing what you think is right. If you think it's wrong to wear fur, then don't wear it. But passing judgement on others for doing something that is immoral to you is just myopic. And for those who think there is no comparison between abortion the animal rights issue, get real. There is an absolute comparison. We kill unborn babies for little more than the convenience of the mother. That seems far worse to me than someone killing some rodents, that multiply exponentially, to make a fur coat that will last for decades.

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• keith kaplan..everything you say is nonsense. now under normal circumstances I would debate you and prove you wrong on every level...but under these circumstances where you work for the fur industry...i won't bother. Why? because you are a sadist. for the record next time you post one of your bullshit comments..maybe you shouldn't use your real name. Everyone knows the scum you truly are..and believe me animal rights activists will never stop. As a matter of fact...maybe one day you can personally speak to us should we ever protest in front of your house. ....for the animals.

• If I had a fur coat I would wear it. The difference between humans and animals is that humans are able to communicate and act above our instincts. Now this does not mean I condone abuse to animals.

• Keith Kaplan, how do you sleep at night? You make a living skinning animals alive and defending others who do the same thing. Do you know what would be even more environmentally conscious that real fur? No fur. Get a real job.

• These protesters would get a lot more attention and do a lot more convincing if they let the hot girls in the group show a little "human fur" and tell people they could see a lot more of that if they promise to never buy a coat or kill an animal again. In the 21st century sex and nudity is the only way to get attention and change minds. Get these women naked FOR THE ANIMALS!!

• Animal rights hippies, here is what gives me the right to "take away the liberty" of these animals: I am a human being and they aren't. Humans have that power and right because we are the dominant species on the planet. When dinosaurs were running around THEY could do whatever they wanted to people because THEY were the dominant species.

• I completely disagree. There is a big difference between animals and humans. I also hunt animals and eat them. I don't own a fur coat, but I do have some animals on my wall.

• The fur defenders keep talking about rights and choices and yes since this is America everyone has the right to choose, but they aren't addressing why anyone would ever want to do this. Why would fur ever be fashionable once people learned how to make clothing out of other things? Who thinks a bunch of dead animals hanging around your shoulders looks good? What kind of sick weird fashion statement is that?

• @ Graxe: If someone has an abortion and wears the aborted fetus around their neck or makes a belt out of it, then you can go ahead and compare fur to an abortion. I honestly could care less if someone wears fur, but comparing it to abortion is beyond ridiculous. Cavemen wore fur for necessity not vanity, go to the Gap and get yourself an nice turtle neck if you're cold.

• It's also a choice to murder a human being. It is a choice to rape a woman. It is a choice to kidnap a child. Yes, I am comparing this to the fur industry. Robbing an animal of any chance at a life in the wild as was meant to be, anally electrocuting them and raping them of their fur, their skin and their chance at life... for "glamour"? That's a choice that shouldn't be accept or tolerated. We're not talking about your choice of favourite music records, we're talking about murder... get it together people. Just because the law allows it, doesn't mean it isn't just as much of an injustice as all of these other "choices" people make.

• It's also a choice to murder a human being. It is a choice to rape a woman. It is a choice to kidnap a child. Yes, I am comparing this to the fur industry. Robbing an animal of any chance at a life in the wild as was meant to be, anally electrocuting them and raping them of their fur, their skin and their chance at life... for "glamour"? That's a choice that shouldn't be accept or tolerated. We're not talking about your choice of favourite music records, we're talking about murder... get it together people. Just because the law allows it, doesn't mean it isn't just as much of an injustice as all of these other "choices" people make.

• The commenter tosadists sez: "Murdering 40,000,000 innocent sentient beings, in barbaric ways....That is not a choice any compassionate, ethically-inclined human would ever make." Hmmm.... I presume you feel the same way about abortion, right?

• Great article! Regarding the "choice" to wear fur. Sure, it's your right to wear dead animals. But what choice do the animals have, and what gives us the right to take away their liberty and subject them to unnecessary suffering? Just arrogance, plain and simple.

• Fur looks better on animals than on humans. If you love your pet dogs and cats, you should be aware that they slaughter millions of them in China, Eastern Europe and other parts of Asia to eat them and to use their fur to trim coats and jackets. Many of these animals are skinned alive. If God had wanted humans to wear fur, we would have been born with it. http://www.criticalbeauty.com/Pageants_Fur_Coats_1.html

• I live in one of the coldest cities in Canada. Fur is not a neccessity and it is only worn by really old ladies or those who have hearts of stone. True beauty is from within. Compassion, generosity and empathy are the traits we should be striving for and rewarding. If Ms Florida chooses to give away the carcass, good for her; if not then she is truly the ugliest Floridian. What a cheap shot from the fur industry to try to position fur as beauty. Anyone who wears fur is a contributor to animal cruelty.

• Fur as a "choice"? Hm. Murdering 40,000,000 innocent sentient beings, in barbaric ways, to eventually skin them and parade around in their morally blood stained fur. That is not a choice any compassionate, ethically-inclined human would ever make.

• I agree with Keith Kaplan...its a choice. A choice that one should make individually. I'm all for educating the public on the industry, but I'm not for harassing people into believing one way or the other. I find the practice of tossing paint on someone wearing fur to be harassment as well as showing graphic pictures on a public roadside. If PETA or any other "don't wear fur" group wants to really make an impact, educate...don't alienate.

• A basic tenet of American democracy gives individuals the right to choose....what to eat, what to wear, whether to go fishing, whethr to go to the circus. Similarly they have the right to choose to wear fur. The fur trade today actually uses less than one-quarter of one percent of the animals used for food and other purposes. The industry adheres to regulations and standards that insure good animal welfare. The international fur trade does not handle endangered species and all furs used by the trade are abundant. And, as a natural, renewable, biodegradable resource fur is the responsible environmental choice.

• Really though, why would anyone ever want a fur coat in Miami?

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