My apologies I meant to imply activists both pro and anti, it’s always astounding
to see how many people manage to lose site of the message by falling pray
to political agenda.

You have anti activists on one side acting like those stated in your “the fur flies”
blog, just to try and drive a point home and pro activists on the other branding
anyone with a moral objection some sort of peta trained terrorist.

As a result of all the hostilities flying from one side to another everyone concerned
manages to miss the point, about the cruelty of captivity and the treatment
these animals face at the hands of their morally bankrupt breeders.

I am glad to hear that you have an appreciation for animals, I to
have a couple of felines running about the place

Regards,

Simon Corry

Thank you for taking the time to write to me. Cruelty is wrong, and should not be tolerated by humans in civilized society.

You said that you read the views of “various associated extremists,” did you mean those of pro-fur activists?

I do hope that you also read my column “The Fur Flies” which covers some of the anti-fur extremists.

I love animals. I own three cats that live like queens but often rescue baby bunnies and birds which they catch from time to time — despite being well fed.

I belong to the zoo society and love watching animal films but have to turn away when they tear their prey limb from limb. As I said in that column, In the U.S. “fur farms are not only regulated by state governments — just like the farms that raise animals for food and fiber — the Fur Commission operates under strict guidelines established with the guidance of the American Veterinary Medical Association.”

I’m a graphic designer working in Falmouth, UK.

I stumbled upon your blog during a research period on
my studios latest campaign brief (anti-fur).

It crossed my mind that pro-fur activists would be a perfect
starting point for unpacking this problem. (not that I’m labelling you an activist)

After reading with some interest your views on the issue as well as
its various associated extremists I wonder if maybe a media hysteria has
clouded somewhat the point behind the argument.

Surely we should not concern ourselves necessarily with the loss of
life but more in the way in which those life’s are taken.

Cruelty is after all at the heart of this matter and surely we as morally
astute beings shouldn’t allow our own comfort or fashion concerns
to blind us from a very real problem?

Regards,

Simon Corry