what do you think of fur farms and the like?

Question

since humans will get what they want until the last animal is dead, dont you think it would be better to supply what they want then have them continue to rape the wilderness of the last of these creatures? isnt it better to raise these animals (only in a humane way as well as their slaughter) for their fur or meat (such as turtles) rather than illegally kill them in the wild until they are truly extinct?

STOPTHEINVASION; the chinese have developed a craving for the meat of a turtle that can be found only in the cleveland bay area...and are willing to pay to get that meat. that particular turtle is fast approaching the endangered species list. a man had forthought enough to begin farming them and even though there are many critiques...if enough farmers raised this turtle and sold to the chinese...the wild turtle would be safe and allowed to come back from the brink of extinction.

Answer 1

I don't think their are ways of humanely raising animals,people care about profits not about welfare of the animals.

@Did you know that the synthetic furs and leathers actually damage the environment and the chemicals are bad for you?
The real thing is environmentally friendly and natural.

:Environmentally turning animal hides into leather is an energy intensive and polluting practice. Production of leather basically involves soaking (beamhouse), tanning, dyeing, drying, and finishing. Over 95 percent of all leather produced in the U.S. is chrome-tanned. The effluent that must be treated is primarily related to the beamhouse and tanning operations. The most difficult to treat is effluent from the tanning process. All wastes containing chromium are considered hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Many other pollutants involved in the processing of leather are associated with environmental and health risks. In terms of disposal, one would think that leather products would be biodegradable, but the primary function for a tanning agent is to stabilize the collagen or protein fibers so that they are no longer biodegradable.

Now for your question:
Leaving aside the raw fact that the animals must sacrifice their lives for human vanity, we are left with many objections to fur ranching.
A common misconception about fur "ranches" is that the animals do not suffer. This is entirely untrue. These animals suffer a life of misery and frustration, deprived of their most basic needs. They are kept in wire-mesh cages that are tiny, overcrowded, and filthy. Here they are malnourished, suffer contagious diseases, and endure severe stress.
On these farms, the animals are forced to forfeit their natural instincts. Beavers, who live in water in the wild, must exist on cement floors. Minks in the wild, too, spend much of their time in water, which keeps their salivation, respiration, and body temperature stable. They are also, by nature, solitary animals. However, on these farms, they are forced to live in close contact with other animals. This often leads to self-destructive behavior, such as pelt and tail biting. They often resort to cannibalism.
The methods used on these farms reflect not the interests and welfare of the animals but the furriers' primary interest--profit. The end of the suffering of these animals comes only with death, which, in order to preserve the quality of the fur, is inflicted with extreme cruelty and brutality. Engine exhaust is often pumped into a box of animals. This exhaust is not always lethal, and the animals sometimes writhe in pain as they are skinned alive. Another common execution practice, often used on larger animals, is anal electrocution. The farmers attach clamps to an animal's lips and insert metal rods into its anus. The animal is then electrocuted. Decompression chambers, neck snapping, and poison are also used.
The raising of animals by humans to serve a specific purpose cannot discount or excuse the lifetime of pain and suffering that these animals endure.

Answer 2

What are you talking about? Please don't encourage people to kill animals, thats stupid. Theres plenty of road kill to go around.
Its just like the illegal aliens invading our country you must have more boots on the ground to stop the invasion.
The same way for the animals, if animals are being hunted and slaughtered as you said for fur an meat then more police authority's should be appointed.
Your question needs more research, I havent ever had turtle meat maybe the mexicans coming accross our borders are killing them I dont know.

Answer 3

well it's better then killing them illegally.

but still i wise every one would stop killing all the animals in this world!!!!!!!

animal's are so smarter then human's but now in day's a lot of pepole think of them as food, and money!

they also are so inuscent!! animals do nothing worng, it's the human's that do all the worng thing's in this world.

were here on this earth today, becouse, were being tested by god......

don't kill the animal's even though there were put on this earth for a porpse!

or at least not very many animals....

i like your idea i lot better them a lot others!

sorry if i'm afending any one......

Answer 4

I completely agree with you.
Did you know that the synthetic furs and leathers actually damage the environment and the chemicals are bad for you?
The real thing is environmentally friendly and natural.
People have gone completely crazy over animals. I don't understand it myself.
I think that if I eat cows (and I do) that I should wear the leather. It comes from the same place for heaven's sake.

Answer 5

in my opinion (though never having done such, i still agree with it) any level of sabotage against fur farms is entirely justified. butchering a living thing merely for it's pelt in the name of fashion or status is an atrocity akin to the holocaust of ww2, or any other act of genocide in our long & illustrious career of wanton savagery. fur-farming should be ruthlessly stamped out as far as i'm concerned.

Answer 6

Man won't stop killing until all animals are extinct. I am soooooo against anything to do with killing or harming animals. Animals have no say...Thats sad.. .live and let live....