AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
Auckland Animal Action is launching their Campaign Against Possum Fur next week with protests at Fashion Week. Protests will target specific designers using possum fur in their range, as well as the Fashion Week event in general for their support of the fur industry.
Possums were first introduced to New Zealand in 1837 to establish a fur trade. Due to favorable conditions and the lack of predators, possum numbers have amplified to the point where humans now consider them a pest.
Spokesperson for AAA, Rochelle Rees asks, “Why should we trust the same reckless industry who brought possums here, to deal with the matter in a swift and responsible manner?”
The fur industry’s most common killing technique is the use of the leg-hold trap, a device banned in over 89 countries. New Zealand has no decent legal regulations even regarding the length of time an animal can be left in a trap before the hunter must return.
Ms Rees says, “Animals caught in traps are often left for days to suffer; many have been known to chew their own legs off just to get free. How can these cruel and inhumane methods be justified?”
Tens of millions of animals, including rabbits and foxes are intensively farmed and killed for their fur every year. AAA believes that the promotion of possum fur will lead to an unsustainable demand. Ms Rees asks, “If possums are eventually eradicated as the industry claims to intend, will we start farming them to supply the demand?”
The Department of Conservation says that the number of possums killed by the fur industry is so minimal, that it has little or no impact on the possum population. Their trapping methods frequently catch off-target animals such as Cats and Dogs; they even catch native birds such as Kiwi and Weka.
Ms Rees says, “The fur industry is misleading consumers by marketing possum fur as eco-friendly and ethical. The sad reality is that they kill rare and endangered native birds, including the very species they claim to protect”.
Protests will start at 5.30pm on Monday, at 135 Halsey Street in Auckland’s Viaduct.
For more information, contact AAA spokesperson Rochelle Rees on 021-053-4650 or email rochelle@aucklandanimalaction.org.nz.
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Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
Demo Times Are:
Monday 17th October at 5.30pm at 135 Halsey Street, Auckland Viaduct. This is the opening event, so the one that we hope to get the most people along to.
Wednesday 19th at 11.30am – This is against Annah Stratton’s catwalk as she is using possum fur in her range. Also at 135 Halsey Street, Auckland Viaduct.
Thursday the 20th at 4.30pm at Annah Stretton’s retail store. The Annah S store is at 128 Broadway, New Market.
Friday 21st is The Best of Fashion Week. This is the final event; protests will start at 4.30pm at 135 Halsey Street, Auckland Viaduct.
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
fact of the week.
the sausage skin industry brings more money into the economy than fashion week.
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
You fartass vegetarian wimps! Dont you have anything better to do than to criticise the working class for eating animals? Were do you want us to get textiles from? should we use your hide you swine?
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
Critising the working class? We're talking about fur here, material that only the rich can afford!
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
yeap, fur is posh. And fur stores are too. Most of the fur targets are in New Market.
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
Dear Troll
To answer your questions:
There are a numer of reasons why animal rights activists oppose meat eating for the working class, and for all other classes.
1. Meat production is hideously cruel. Factory farmed animals are literally driven insane through physical and psychological pain. Even free range animals are transported long distances where they suffer terribly, and they are slaughtered inhumanely at the end.
2. Meat is extremely bad for the environment. Read the PCE report for its effects on stream runnoff. Also there is a connection between rain forest destruction and ranching.
3. Meat is a human rights issue. Grain is being used to feed cattle, and land is being used to raise it, and in the meantime millions starve from lack of grain and land to farm.
4. Meat is unhealthy.
As for the use of fur for textiles, really, what millenium are you living in? Fur clothes went out with cave-dwelling and grunting. Have a look at the very smart and functional synthetic textiles that are available today. Try www.vegetarianshoes.co.uk for smart and functional footware for example.
And why is spending time on something one feels passionate about wasting it? Is abusing people one has never met a productive use of time? Really, hiding behind anonymity to make sweeping generalisations about the courage of people you have never met says more about you than the people you are abusing don't you think? Psychologists call it transference.
I am quite happy to answer any other questions you have on animal rights, but do yourself and others a favour. Be more considerate in the way you phrase your questions in future.
Re: AAA to launch Campaign Against Possum Fur at Fashion Week
Dear Troll
To answer your questions:
There are a numer of reasons why animal rights activists oppose meat eating for the working class, and for all other classes.
1. Meat production is hideously cruel. Factory farmed animals are literally driven insane through physical and psychological pain. Even free range animals are transported long distances where they suffer terribly, and they are slaughtered inhumanely at the end.
2. Meat is extremely bad for the environment. Read the PCE report for its effects on stream runnoff. Also there is a connection between rain forest destruction and ranching.
3. Meat is a human rights issue. Grain is being used to feed cattle, and land is being used to raise it, and in the meantime millions starve from lack of grain and land to farm.
4. Meat is unhealthy.
As for the use of fur for textiles, really, what millenium are you living in? Fur clothes went out with cave-dwelling and grunting. Have a look at the very smart and functional synthetic textiles that are available today. Try www.vegetarianshoes.co.uk for smart and functional footware for example.
And why is spending time on something one feels passionate about wasting it? Is abusing people one has never met a productive use of time? Really, hiding behind anonymity to make sweeping generalisations about the courage of people you have never met says more about you than the people you are abusing don't you think? Psychologists call it transference.
I am quite happy to answer any other questions you have on animal rights, but do yourself and others a favour. Be more considerate in the way you phrase your questions in future.