Stop wearing fur

March 2021
I was appalled to read “Hair of the dog could be the ticket to warmth this year.") Modus Intarsia should be well aware of what this kind of product will lead to. Surely we have seen enough suffering of animals to know that we, as compassionate human beings, have to stop wearing animal products. How long before these poor cats, dogs and horses are going to be farmed like the minks and Angora rabbits? And subjected to living in appalling conditions on factory farms? Shame on you Modus Intarsia. I hope you are banned out of existence.
Christine Pierson

Cruel fur trade

August 2020
Full marks to Councillor Julian Carbone (“ Councillor in Burnside fur fight”.
I have been campaigning against the use of animal fur and skins for products for more than 40 years.
Many protests have been held against this horrendously cruel trade.
Many people are still not aware these products cause massive suffering and abuse of animals.
This should be covered, at least in Australia, by the Animal Welfare Act, but isn’t.
The only way to protect animals is to ban these products for display and sale and for Burnside Council to set an example for the state is the way to go.
Apart from animals caught in the wild with agonisingly cruel steel-jaw-traps are the animals in fur farms, kept in isolation in tiny barren cages, often left in the cold and snow to make their fur more saleable.
The killing methods for these poor creatures, so as to not damage the fur and skins, is too horrible to include in this letter, but those who care for animals can do the research.
Christine Pierson

The cruelty of fur 

March 2018

It takes 65 mink, 40 foxes, 15 lynx or 60 rabbits to make such a coat. Today, mass factory farms are spread around the world. 85% are in Europe, 10% in North America and the rest in China and Russia, to provide the fashion industry.

Tens of millions of animals are bred and brutally killed in the archaic fur trade, mostly by anal or vaginal electrocution, so the fur is left intact. With all the beautiful synthetic fabrics available today the fur industry could be made obsolete and, of course, should be.

There is nothing glamorous or kind about wearing the fur of dead animals.

Diane Cornelius