Fur is Green campaign
17 janvier 2008
Fur business green or mean? Animal rights activists, Fur Council of Canada at odds over ad campaign
by Ann Marie McQueen, Sun Media
Fur business green or mean? Animal rights activists, Fur Council of Canada at odds over ad campaign Fur business green or mean? Animal rights activists, Fur Council of Canada at odds over ad campaignA slick new advertising campaign aims to reframe the fur industry as a friend of the environment.
The Fur Council of Canada launched print ads last week calling fur “eco-fashion” in an effort to reassure consumers about their product and counter anti-fur campaigns of the past.
The Montreal-based council represents about 70,000 members, most of them trappers, said Alan Herscovici, the council’s executive vice-president.
“It was important to explain the real story of the fur industry,” said Herscovici. “And that is ‘if you care about nature and protecting the environment, fur is an excellent choice.”
Entry Filed under: Animalist, Animaliste, Animals, Biological diversity, Canada, Diversité biologique, Développement durable, Environment, Environnement, Extremist, Extrémiste, Fourrure, Fur, Sustainable development. Tags: Animalist, Animaliste, Biological diversity, Canada, Développement durable, Diversité biologique, Environment, Environnement, Fourrure, Fur, Sustainable development.
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Nee Hung | 17 janvier 2008 at 1:38
I object the fact that not the whole article is posted here. Only FCC’s deceptive and misleading claims are extracted from the original article. The counter argument from caring animal groups, especially in the concluding paragraph was omitted here. This is not a fair presentation of both sides of the issue.
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forumcanadaeurope | 17 janvier 2008 at 2:32
Don’t we know what the animalists think about it? Of course we know : killing animals is immoral. More than that, they say animals are equals than Human. Philosophically, it’s not true cause Humanity is the only species who can say “ME”, having a consciense of its born and its death. By the way, the Social Justice, even if is not perfect in the world, is not a concept created by animals.
If you want to know better the position of animalists, you have plenty websites for this. Bleu de Terre is opposed to any extremist thought.
That the reason why we decided not to publicise their comments. It’s a redactionnal and ethical position.
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David Dent | 7 février 2008 at 8:11
It is no more immoral for humans to kill animals than animals to kill animals. The mere suggestion that it is implies we are morally superior to animals which we are not.
The way it is sometimes suggested that the fur is green argument has no credibility belies the fact that president of the fur council is Paula lishaman the designer, who is married to the Conservationist Bill Lishman (yes the guy who has saved the whooping crane from extinction and prevented the building of airports).
Fur is an infinitely renewable resource and its an irony that the anti fur movment has supportd a massive boom in wasteful use of disposable synthetic clothing which has TRULY damaged the environment.
Animal Rights ideology and Conservation goals are fundamentally opposed and its time you started believng what the fur council of Canada has to say because its true.