• Lucy :3@feddit.org
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    3 months ago

    Except one wears a dirty and stinky pelt of a real animal and the other is cuddly and cute <3

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        3 months ago

        Synthetic materials are bad for the environment while real fur is natural and won’t shed micro plastics.

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          3 months ago

          I’m vegetarian, not vegan, and I don’t expect people to stop eating meat, but fur trapping and farming is incredibly cruel. Far more cruel than a lot of other types of animal farming. On top of that, it’s pretty wasteful. The pelt is used and the rest of the animal is disposed of.

          https://www.hsi.org/news-resources/fur-trade/

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              It seems to me that in a case like this, averting cruelty would be the bigger thing. What kind of environmental impact can the fake fur industry have when contrasted with the environmental impact of, for example, the entire fossil fuel for generating electricity system? Because I’m guessing it’s a tiny drop in a giant bucket and we can be more concerned with averting unnecessary cruelty here.

              • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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                Unironically yes, we are far too populated. People need to stop breeding. Life is inherently a selfish act.

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      3 months ago

      Yeah, that guy on the left is pretty cuddly and cute! You’re right!