A Challenging Article on Catholic Moral Theology

[4elise]

PETA scores a victory by scaring organisers out of allowing garments made from rabbit fur to be displayed. In Australia, where rabbits are a multi-billion dollar pest.

Oh, the power these crazies have! Given into by moral cowards.

These animal welfare groups are fast losing any credibility they still might have.

The promotion of rabbit hunting and rabbit eating and utilising rabbit fur should be on the agenda of any sane organisation that cares about the environment.

I read the articles you posted and of course the young woman who had her fashion design pulled from the runway must be disappointed, the institute should have had clear direction on what would and would not be allowed much earlier.

Equally important is ensuring that the rabbits do not impact the work of farmers - your second source noted that warren destruction is the favored method.

The ‘crazies’ who protest fur do so not only to protect the rabbits, which are apparently a huge problem for farmers in Australia, but for the production of fur and any hide product. (interesting to see that the rabbits were an introduction to the environment) To prepare fur and hides it is necessary to use chemicals which are not environmentally sustainable, cause damage to air and the water tables, etc - this young woman’s little corner of the world, and her small production may be just a drop in the bucket - but it is the issue of larger scale awareness of this issue that causes the ‘crazies’ to work to make a point at every opportunity.

There are many things that are environmentally damaging - synthetic products that use petrol - so always a balancing act, trying to make the best choices. Working to make the point that wearing dead animals for ‘fashion’ is certainly on the agenda of many groups - for some it is just the thought of a dead animal - for others it is the issue of the environmental damage.

 

[John21652]

I read the articles you posted and of course the young woman who had her fashion design pulled from the runway must be disappointed, the institute should have had clear direction on what would and would not be allowed much earlier.

Equally important is ensuring that the rabbits do not impact the work of farmers - your second source noted that warren destruction is the favored method.

The ‘crazies’ who protest fur do so not only to protect the rabbits, which are apparently a huge problem for farmers in Australia, but for the production of fur and any hide product. (interesting to see that the rabbits were an introduction to the environment) To prepare fur and hides it is necessary to use chemicals which are not environmentally sustainable, cause damage to air and the water tables, etc - this young woman’s little corner of the world, and her small production may be just a drop in the bucket - but it is the issue of larger scale awareness of this issue that causes the ‘crazies’ to work to make a point at every opportunity.

There are many things that are environmentally damaging - synthetic products that use petrol - so always a balancing act, trying to make the best choices. Working to make the point that wearing dead animals for ‘fashion’ is certainly on the agenda of many groups - for some it is just the thought of a dead animal - for others it is the issue of the environmental damage.

The production of leather does not require the use of “…chemicals which are not environmentally sustainable, cause damage to air and water tables, etc…”. How do you think the human race mad its leather before the advent of these chemicals? All you need is the bark of certain trees, some salt, or lots of human urine and a good dose of animal (or human) faeces. Look how the environment could be cleaned up if we started large scale factory farming of those environmentally voracious pests known as rabbits and used the old leather tanning methods! We could do the same with other pests, like Foxes, whose pelts make fabulous fur clothing. We’d have ample and cheap meat and a wonderful product to keep us nice and warm when it’s cold. Instead of harnessing a resource, we are forced to use, for the sake of the environment, science to come up with other control methods, like the often cruel Myxomatosis, and more recently the Rabbit Calicivirus.

Don’t underestimate the rabbit problem in Australia either. Watch this video, look at this article, then have a read this very recent story.

The crazies like PETA, however, just don’t get it.

 

[4elise]

The production of leather does not require the use of “…chemicals which are not environmentally sustainable, cause damage to air and water tables, etc…”. How do you think the human race mad its leather before the advent of these chemicals? All you need is the bark of certain trees, some salt, or lots of human urine and a good dose of animal (or human) faeces. Look how the environment could be cleaned up if we started large scale factory farming of those environmentally voracious pests known as rabbits and used the old leather tanning methods! We could do the same with other pests, like Foxes, whose pelts make fabulous fur clothing. We’d have ample and cheap meat and a wonderful product to keep us nice and warm when it’s cold. Instead of harnessing a resource, we are forced to use, for the sake of the environment, science to come up with other control methods, like the often cruel Myxomatosis, and more recently the Rabbit Calicivirus.

Don’t underestimate the rabbit problem in Australia either. Watch this video, look at this article, then have a read this very recent story.

The crazies like PETA, however, just don’t get it.

John - the overpopulation of wild rabbits is obviously a serious problem for Australia.

The production of hides for commercial use TODAY is not done as you suggest - with ‘natural’ human by products and salt - because it is more cost effective to use chromium, formaldehyde, etc… the issue of creating fur from wild animals is again VERY different from the use of animals from factory farmed environments - minks breed and raised specifically for this purpose are a danger to anyone - and the ‘crazies’ who take the opportunity to make the point are just using the bully pulpit such an event presents.