Personally Dan: Fur, Food and Cruelty

Now, I firstly want to say, I do not support peta, I like their stance on animal abuse, their approach is horrible though, from handing out KFC buckets full of fake bones and blood to children to throwing red paint or dye onto those who enjoy fur - totally unacceptable and in my opinion a really awful way to make a point.

Fur has been a strong statement in fashion, especially this past winter, I keep a close eye on the catwalks, because of school and the amount of real fur used is upsetting and unsettling to say the least, with the high quality of fake furs I personally no longer see the need in killing animals to wear a coat or a hat which will probably never be worn again after the said season bought, because that's how fashion is, it's such a quick turn over, fur was just a fashion fix, although it's permanent fixture in the lines such as Matthew Williamson, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Dolce & Gabbana.

Chanel have reportedly recently started phasing out using real fur, their 2010 shows featured fake fur, joining the likes of Abercrombie & Fitch, Max Azria, Hervé Léger, Betsey Johnson, Calvin Klein, Juicy Couture, Ralph Lauren and my personal favorite Stella McCartney. 

Stars such as Keira Knightly, Madonna, Jessica Simpson, Kate Moss, Anna Wintour, Mary J Blige and the Olsen Twins continually wear fur, Keira Knightly was recently seen wearing astrakhan fur, which is a particularly nasty form of fur, coming as it comes from a lamb foetus, cut prematurely from its mother's womb, before its tight black curls have unfurled.  Other Stars such as Kate Winslet, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eva Mendes, Pamela Anderson, Olivia Munn,  Christy Turlington, Gwyneth Paltrow and Paris Hilton all refuse to wear fur, Paris has voiced her opinions stating 'fake fur is amazing, why wear real fur and have animals suffer?'.

I personally do not understand why real fur is still being used, I mirror Paris Hilton's comments, why make an animal suffer? for one coat Keira Knightly wore over 20 sheep would have been slaughterd, then their unborn lambs will have had their lives cut short also, so for a fashion peice Keira has the blood of 40+ animals on her hands.

It's not just fashion which seemingly encourage animal cruelty, fast food giants McDonald's and KFC have also been found to treat the animals they use for customers in such an inhumane way that the undercover reporter at the KFC investigation was physically sick at witnessing the abuse the animals faced on a routine basis, which included their beaks being sawn off, their legs being broken and most horribly, workers throwing the animals around and stamping on them. It's murder, their is NOTHING humain about an animal being stamped to death. I have now switched to eating organic and faretrade meats because of this abuse, it's horrible and I personally find it upsetting.

Next time you youtube a Dior fashion show and feel weak at the knees over a coat being sashaed down a runway, imagine how the coat came to be, and how many animals were murderd for your 20 second enjoyment or imagine what may have happened to your Happy Meal just before it was slapped between two bread halves.