Coat to
the fur
fly
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| The anti-fur brigade is hypocritical,
says Birna Helgadottir |
I HAVE a coat, which I inherited from my
grandmother. It is old and tatty but extremely
warm - shorn sheep-skin with a wild mink
collar. Although it has been very cold recently,
I have not worn it. Not because I consider it
wicked or immoral, but because, despite its
tattiness, I am rather fond of it. And I do not
want it ruined by some passing anti-fur
campaigner, who might reach into a suede
coat or leather handbag, pull out an aerosol
can, spray it with paint and then run away no
doubt in calf-skin boots.
While there are legitimate arguments for not
wearing animal skins, the only people who
can put them forward with integrity are non-
leather-wearing vegetarians. Meat-eaters have
vet to come up with a convincing argument.
There are certainly cruelties in fur-farming,
which should be stopped, but they are
matched by the horrors of meat-farming. At
least fur is recyclable - granny was able to
bequeath me her coat, not her lamb chops. |
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