The fur you're buying: is it fake or real?
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I've written about why vegans don't buy fur here. However, there's been quite a bit of press about 'real' fur being labelled as faux fur when it isn't!
Instead of going into why it's happening, I would prefer to empower you with the knowledge that it is, and share some tools to help you avoid buying 'real' fur by mistake.
If in doubt, it might be worth avoiding fur altogether, whether it's faux or not!
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“The problem is that humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims. They are not even considered at all. They are nothing; they don’t count; they don’t matter. They are commodities like TV sets and cell phones. We have actually turned animals into inanimate objects – sandwiches and shoes.”