# What about Fur?((Discussion also)) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030 "2005-06-05T19:38:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anise\_Tore\_Ryms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Anise\_Tore\_Ryms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise_Tore_Ryms)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/1 "2005-06-05T19:38:44Z")
I have been doing a report on opposing the Fur industry. So far I have found many shocking and horrifying facts. This has brought me to a conclusion of trying to help and abolish such an industry. I have wondered if I have missed anything and if anyone like to bring this to my attention, that’s highly accepted. Any important facts and views are welcomed and appreciated! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/2 "2005-06-06T13:18:58Z")
You may want to join PETA, or at least peruse their site. They have a lot of information about the anti-fur campaigns. I think they’ve made a lot of impact, because (at least here in the states) you don’t see as much fur as you used to. Most furs are fake these days. Of course, a lot of people who are anti-fur still cheerfully wear leather. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/3 "2005-06-06T15:07:08Z")
Check out PETA’s site, but with a big, big grain of salt. They are not above lying, embellishing, and covering up facts to make themselves look better. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/4 "2005-06-06T17:25:40Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > Of course, a lot of people who are anti-fur still cheerfully wear leather. 😉 There was a girl in one of my classes who had a bookbag covered in various anti-fur and animal activist pins…yet she always had on leather shoes. Maybe she figured it was OK to wear the animal skin as long as you eat the animal. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/5 "2005-06-06T17:39:48Z")
Yeah, those Furries have to be stopped! what? Oh. I have a solution- instead of killing fur-bearing animals for their fur, how about Furries? jk, d&r… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-about-fur-discussion-also/307030/6 "2005-06-06T17:43:17Z")
There’s also a rough correlation between how seriously anti-fur people are and the climate they’re living in. If the winters happen to get, say, below zero, then anti-fur protestors aren’t taken as seriously as they are in warmer climes.