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Hello,
I am currently working on an essay for a scholarship called "A Voice for Animals" and chose to write it on the cruelty and suffering animals in fur farms are subject to. As an attempt to broaden my horizons and try to get the fully story on the fur industry I ventured onto your sight (sp: "site") that claims the fur industry to be "green".

I applaud your attempts at labelling such a typically gruesome (hardly an objective comment?!) industry with the zest of a more modern issue facing our society. I am not of the knowledge or position to condone such claims, but am of the strong and stead fast opinion that this very minuscule "green" alternative the fur industry provides, in no way makes up for the gruesome (that word again) reality of murder. (when i last looked, "murder" was a word used only to describe killing people, and even then only in certain circumstances. So i suppose you also think that "meat is murder". Just want to understand where you're coming from!)

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Alan got a call this morning from someone angry about our "Fur is Green" campaign. As we've seen before, many people can see another perspective if we have a chance to speak with them. He probably still won't wear fur (he's a vegan), but he now sees that this is a more complex issue than he thought -- and that we're not the devil incarnate!

Greetings from sunny Thousand Oaks, California.

While our climate is not generally conducive to the wearing of fur coats, I wear mine whenever possible. I have 3 coats, all purchased second hand, and I just love them, and not because they are a "fashion statement". They are the warmest coats I own. Went back east in the winter to visit my brother, and my mink coat and hat kept me nice and toasty in single digit temps. Because we're loaded with so many bleeding heart liberals here in CA, it's not uncommon to have to defend the wearing of my coats, and keep an extra eye peeled for potential attackers, too. Your web site gives honest, logical information about the fur industry and how it operates. You've provided great ammunition that enables thinking people to be able to throw back being "green" at this intolerant, propagandist movement disguised as love for animals. Most of the younger people who have taken up the anti-fur mantle are well-meaning, but totally misguided. It's the hard-core, near religious, stance of the extremists like PETA who mislead and brainwash the youngsters, and while claiming to be non-violent, think nothing of destroying other people's property and livelihoods to advance their agendas.