http://www.kimstallwood.com/2010/03/12/why-fur-is-not-off-our-backs/ Independent author, scholar and advisor on animal rights. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:29:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.kimstallwood.com/2010/03/12/why-fur-is-not-off-our-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-13 priya sawhney Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:12:00 +0000 http://www.kimstallwood.com/?p=476#comment-13 I was deeply think about this the other day. I was thinking about how animal rights activists cannot blatantly attack people who wear fur. We have to take a neutral approach and keep a low profile. Because the more we aggravate them, the more they feel the need to promote and advertise. I was deeply think about this the other day. I was thinking about how animal rights activists cannot blatantly attack people who wear fur. We have to take a neutral approach and keep a low profile. Because the more we aggravate them, the more they feel the need to promote and advertise.

]]> http://www.kimstallwood.com/2010/03/12/why-fur-is-not-off-our-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Rosa Close Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:09:37 +0000 http://www.kimstallwood.com/?p=476#comment-12 I agree that the fight against the fur trade has become more than an uphill struggle. However, it is not only unfair but also wrong to say that anti-fur activists are not having the right approach. There are many factors involved in it, to name a few: 1) because we are all on a string budget fighting against a multi-billion dollar industry that buys all the right people from politicians to designers to keep the bloody harvest going. 2) Vegetarians and vegans keep walking away from fur farms because they say it is no different than slaughterhouses and will not support a specific issue such as the anti-fur activism. It is all or nothing. 3) Large animal organizations that monopolize the donations worldwide are leading a very frail leadership against fur and no accomplishment to speak of. Anything accomplished so far such as EU ban on cat/dog fur and seal products have been a worldwide grassroots effort. Israel is working to ban fur -- all a grassroots effort of which I am a part of -- no support from large orgs. 4) Other animal rights activists in general are overburned by the bad economy (people losing jobs, homes) and so many causes they are involved with. I could go on with an enormous list, but you get the idea. I for one, have started the Anti-Fur Society group in the last five years and work virtually night and day for free, like myself there are groups doing the same, but all boils down to one thing: MONEY! We have accomplished much considering our resources. If you want to know more, get involved and you'll see that things aren't as simple as 1, 2, 3. www.antifursociety.org I agree that the fight against the fur trade has become more than an uphill struggle. However, it is not only unfair but also wrong to say that anti-fur activists are not having the right approach. There are many factors involved in it, to name a few: 1) because we are all on a string budget fighting against a multi-billion dollar industry that buys all the right people from politicians to designers to keep the bloody harvest going. 2) Vegetarians and vegans keep walking away from fur farms because they say it is no different than slaughterhouses and will not support a specific issue such as the anti-fur activism. It is all or nothing. 3) Large animal organizations that monopolize the donations worldwide are leading a very frail leadership against fur and no accomplishment to speak of. Anything accomplished so far such as EU ban on cat/dog fur and seal products have been a worldwide grassroots effort. Israel is working to ban fur — all a grassroots effort of which I am a part of — no support from large orgs. 4) Other animal rights activists in general are overburned by the bad economy (people losing jobs, homes) and so many causes they are involved with. I could go on with an enormous list, but you get the idea. I for one, have started the Anti-Fur Society group in the last five years and work virtually night and day for free, like myself there are groups doing the same, but all boils down to one thing: MONEY! We have accomplished much considering our resources. If you want to know more, get involved and you’ll see that things aren’t as simple as 1, 2, 3.
http://www.antifursociety.org

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