When You See A Fur Coat, Speak Up! November 25, 2008

I did in school two people where wearing fur one wearing fur and leather.
I said is that dead flesh they said no, I said well i ment fur and in the end i found out they where wearing fake fur.

It funny that people still wur skin on there backs or on there heads.
Thanks From James

oh my gosh, I definately saw that same woman in Ghent on Saturday evening I think. Was it full length and dark brown? I just told her that her coat made her look like a wet dog (quote courtesy of miss CCC). so gross.

That's a fantastic sign idea Pulin!
And well done for last Saturday, it's wonderful that you can hold your temper with people like that.

I live in quite a deprived area so I've never seen anyone wearing a full-length fur coat.

However, anytime I see what could be fur-trim in a shop I go and check the label and then say in a loud voice "I'm so glad this isn't made from dead animals!" or "EEWWWW! It's made from dead animals, that's gross!" so all the customers can hear!

A lot of people at my school wear fur coats and they are a lot like that lady, they are very defensive and closed minded. I try to tell them and they just jump on my case. Doesns't mean I give up though.

Oh that's great.

Once, about one or two years ago, I was riding the metro on the way to work, and sitting in front of me was this woman in a huge, full-length fur coat. I kept quiet the entire time, until the train came to my stop. Then I stood up early, before everyone else, stared the woman up and down, and said to her "Just so you know, you look really stupid in that coat, it's really ugly and cruel." And she said something rude that I can't quite remember, but I know she didn't take kindly to me. She probably thought I was just some kid with stars in her eyes to have the nerve of telling a distinguished woman how dumb she looked in a fur coat. I didn't get a lot of attention, but I know the people sitting and standing nearby were listening, and a man sharing a seat with me just gave me a huge smile when I called the woman an idiot.

Okay I have one question: at my school all of the girls wear bear paw boots or uggs. I myself am a trend follower so I did indeed get a pair of Bear Paws. I do know that Uggs are made of real animal skin but are Bear Paws? Do they just shave off the top layer or kill them for the purpose of making Uggs? Thankyou, Jenn

that is pure genius!
I would have told that woman
off too! So many innocent animals
get hurt everyday and killed, but
that woman has no idea. :l hope
she likes wearin that for the rest
of her life. If you wear fur, you are
wearing death and an innocent animal
that did crap to you! :/

thats awesome =] good job woo haha lol i all ways go up to ppl that wear fur and do that kinda stuff one time i went up to this lady and was trying to talk to her about it i asked her why she would kill a animal by wearing its fur and she freaked out and she wanted to fight haha lol and she was like 30 and im only 16 so i was ok lets go out side and fight cuz we were in wall mart but one of the managers over heard what was happening and took her aside and made her leave it was funny gosh i wanted to chop off her skin and make a stupid ugly coat out of it stupid ppl

Jesus I mean atleast the lady and the guy didn't have to go all bi polar on you.

OMG! Thats SOOO great!! I don't see girls wearing fur that often at school so I don't have anyone to say stuff too. =[ BUT I did see this one chick at the mall and she had a full length fur coat on and OMG it was disgusting. I went up to her [even tho my mom yelled at me to stop] and said, "So you like supporting animal cruelty, huh?" and she said, "What?!" Like she was kinda offended but didn't understand what I meant. I went on to tell her about chinese fur farms and how cruel they are to cats dogs and rabbits just to make those hideous coats. She said "CATS AND DOGS!? Thats a lie. I don't believe you. Your just a dumb high school student who thinks she knows everything....." And went on to say MANY more rude things and stormed off. I said "BYE! I HOPE YOU ENJOY THAT DEATH AND CRUELTY YOU THINK YOU LOOK GOOD IN!" Yeaa,, kinda a dumb line but I was so furious of the things she said I couldn't think of a better comeback.LOL

Yesss, Pulin is likee thee bestt.
=]
Peoplee that wear fur are absolutlyy gross.
There just jerkss, then turn around and call us assholes?
Yeahh rightt, we actully care about the life of animals.
&& were just trying to make a pointt.
They act like thayy dont know what happend to the poor dead animal they are whareing.
When theyy do, there just playing stupiedd.
There so dumb, i cant stand some peoplee.

It's this kind of extremism that make people despise PETA members. I doubt you influenced her life as more than just a mild irritation, and in no way made a positive contribution to her knowledge. Furthermore, I doubt she cared.

I go to the Woodfield mall with my friends all the time, and in Macy's, there's a giant all-fur section. Every time we go, we ask an employee inside it if they use real fur. And every time they say yes, we all roll our eyes, storm out talking about how disgusting it is and literally shuddering. Every time, a few people leave. I think last time we counted seven! it's not that many, but it's saving a life every time. Fur is disgusting. Once, my cousin gave me a real fur cell-phone charm shaped like a raccon, and I said, Oh how cute! The dead skin is trying to look like it's former self. She got sooooo mad, but it was worth it.
Nice job on the sign, by the way! how mad was she?

i have NEVER seen anyone wearing fur wear i live besides what they get at our walmart so i cant really speak out but i do agree that fur is completely wrong and more people need to speak out about fur..

thats really great!
haha, i do the exact same thing as Little_Lotte whenever I see fur in a store, its awesome :D

anyways, to whoever said that this was extreme, uh...wth?!? Whats extreme (or extremely stupid) is the way people treat other living thing out of their own selfishness :\

anyways, super excited for Fur Free Friday!!!! I'll be out there protesting :)

I don't think I would be able to keep myself from getting angry and yelling back, to be perfectly honest with you. However, I did admire your handling of the situation and your efforts to get through to them. I see a ton of girls around my town with those ugly fur boots on and it makes me sick. They look pretty stupid.

Excellent! I would have told that cruel woman how horrible fur is too!

well its noyt realy the best idea to be to extrem cause its given peta a bad name .

but i do things kinda like that . one time i was looking for something that looked kinda like uggs that were fake . and i ask the guy at the store if emu was real or fake and he sayd it was real so im like "why do people kill animals for this???poor animal" then i akt all sad for the animal .

i made a guy cry today at school
he had the cheek to wear his real rabbit fur hat to school again after i had told him how awful it is

OMG! PPL BEARPAW IS LEATHER AND WOOL, SO THEY KILL THE POOR CoWIE!

Nice. Next time I see someone wearing real fur, I'll definitely ask them if they like dogs or cats while I eye their cruel coverage, then walk away suprised looking.

Haha,
nice one (Y)
I have always complained about the girls wearing UGG's in my school, do they honestly need to have lamb wool to keep warm.
Me myself i have boots that look like UGG's but are fake and dont have fur inside.
And it was much cheaper,
you save money and an animal.
They just dont realize it .

Somebody I knew at school was wearing a fur coat. I asked her if it was real and she said no. I asked her if I could check and she said no. I told her about the fur industry and what they did to the animals and bugged her about it all day. She hasn't worn it since.

Wonderful! I love how you handled the situation! I've done that to a few people. Once, I saw a man wearing leather, and his wife/girlfriend wearing a full-length fur coat. I walked up to the couple and asked in a somewhat sarcastic/impressed voice, "Is that REAL FUR?" (This really disgusted me) she twirled around and said "Oh, of course!" I said in the same voice "So you're wearing a dead animal! I'm so impressed!" She said "What are you talking about?" Obviously, this couple was uninformed. I gave them a few leaflets, and I educated them on the chinese torture farms. They looked disgusted. Then they promised to never wear fur again. They thanked me, and walked away.

that's brilliant idea!
always if i see that someone wears fur i tell to that person how awful he/she is. that is disgusting if someone wears fur.

Today at school a girl was wearing a rocca wear coat she thought she was all cool with her coat, lined with the fur of a dead animal, with the fur puff balls.And i politely asked her if her coat was real fur. She snarled back at me like i had inslted her and said If it was any of your buisness i would say yes this is real fur and im proud of it. I then proceeded to tell her that it became my buisness when she decided to put on her coat this morning.She told me I was being idiotic and theres nothing wrrong with wearing it.I told her alll the things that animals had to go through to be her "fashionable coat". She called me many name such as fruit loop and other unmentionables. I said she was uninformed and quite clueless. She tried to start a fight and took aswing at me .I dont say that violence is akright but if i have to fiht to defend myself and the animals to do it i will

P.S. I won :P

once when i was shopping with my mom we ran into one of her friends and they started talking. soome how they ending up walking into some fur coat store with me unwilllingly tagging behind. well as i stood there disgusted i realized that there were a couple emlpoyee store computers sitting around for customer service i guess. and i just happened to leave a different peta video on each and every one of them and clamly walked out of the store. i dont know how many people saw or what but it gave me satisfaction

nice one.
fur coats always make me think about silence of the lambs actually

That is completely sickening,

No one likes to have other's views forced on them; please be respectful.

EWW! Fur is sooo gross! all the kids wear Uggs, and I always tell them how cruel it is to the poor animals! Ugg is the sound I make when I see them. Ugg-ly!

I think that was really rude you could have said somthing nicely. That makes a few more people who HATE peta. Good job.

hahaha thats funny.
omg there was this one time when my grandma wanted to buy me a leather coat. i KNOW i told her every thing about what they do and how sometimes there skined alive and skin is for cave men. of course she yelled at me but i yelled back. i would rather die then to wear leather >:D

I told some girls in my school who had a jacket with fur. I told them to watch videos from the fur industry, since then 3 of them didn't wear it anymore, the last 1 is to bitch to give up her ugly jacket. Haha. I think that they even got their money back after they went back to the store and leaved the jacket there. I also saw a lady with a fur scarf.. and i screamed at her: "Don't you have a own skin to hide that fat neck?" Pretty rude but.. it's for the animals. Fur is for animals for sure! :)

Today I was actually walking downtown at this early Christmas celebration with my family, and this man walked out of this building with a HUGE fur coat on! I got really angry and glared at him when he passed. The coat was huge and long, and I was peeved. I wanted to say something SO badly, or kick him were it hurt, but I held in my anger because he was passing by really quickly.
But he should NOT model that kind of thing for his children! >:[

I like to have excessively loud conversations next to the individuals waring fur about how cruel and disgusting it is. Im sure it would be better if i talked directly to them, but i have issues with speaking with people i dont know so its easier for me to get the message across indirectly. I continue until they look at me so i know they heard me. I also like to stick anti-fur stickers on fur coats when the wearers arent looking or on store windows that have fur clothing.

haha thats jokes.

im a veggie ! x

i hate ppl who wear reel fur and it pisses me off ILL DEFINATELY SPEAK UP

this makes mee laugh.XD
she probly would unknowingly wear a dog.
D":
its sad to think that animals suffer for stupid vanity reasons.

My mom doesn't let me go to protests like Fur Free Friday.:( But a lot of people wear Uggs at my school. And I told them once that it was made out of baby sheep. One girl was like "Blame the Austrailians they made them" I said "Yes, but you bought them" She got sooooo mad!!!! Her AIM message now is "Well I like uggs so people if you dont like them then dont be aganist them."

wooow you must think your really cool harassing people. and so many of you wonder why people hate Peta.

that sign is hilarious. to all the whiners, sure, harassing people over eating meat may be a little much because hey, the majority of people are raised into that. BUT verbally destroying a person for wearing a dead animal on their back is just as rude as wearing the fur in the first place. so either way, it's pretty much even.

who gives a damn if people hate peta? i thought we were acting to protect animals, not to make friends.

i have definitely caught the attention of a few people strutting around in the mall wearing fur by calling them disgusting. personally, i think their looks of shock and responses loaded with rudeness are quite hilarious. idiots.

for the people commenting on here about why people hate peta, it's because those people are completely closeminded and don't like to admit they're wrong. whether or not people hate peta, peta is going to keep doing what they're doing. and they should. it's called freedom of speech.

when i see people wearing fur i yell

"FURR IS MURDERR"

;)

I've stopped a few people that I've seen wearing fur. I ran after one lady to catch up with her. I handed her a leaflet, which she actually read. She then tried to tell me that it was fake. It was a fur vest and you could TELL it was real bunny fur. But at least she kept the leaflet.

I love doing fur protests. I wish we had one down here where I moved, but we didn't. They're the best way to get the message out to large numbers of people.

-kate.

uhh yeah i hate wen ppl wear fur!! it pisses me off so badly like this one time me and my mommy were at the grocey store and this guy came out with a bloody apron on and i was like well some people are dicks to my mom loud enough were the guy could hear it and then i looked at the meat and was like thats fucking disgusting and so then he came up to me and was like its my job and i was like oyeah so your pretty much getting paid to murder animals that didnt do anything to you and then he just looked at me wierd and i was like would u murder a human and he was like no but... and i was like well my point was proven then i told him to go have fun killing innicoint animals and have a god day lol now whenever he sees me he aviods me=]

I went into american eagle and they had fur coats all over. I was immediately disgusted and I went up to the counter and I asked them why they thought it was alright to sell fur inside of their store. They said, "well if you don't like it you don't have to shop here." I replied with a simple your right I don't, and neither me nor my friends will shop here until you remove the fur out of here. They just muttered well we won't loose business. For the rest of the day I walked around the mall telling people not to go inside of american eagle because they sold fur. Many of them were disgusted and stayed away from the store. I was so proud of myself. :) :) fur is murder!

These replies come from some of the most obviously uneducated people out there. When responding to something like this you don't want to sound like an idiot with horrible spelling or grammar.

That being said I %100 agree with how you handled the situation. Some people say that its making PETA look bad or forcing ideas on to someone but I see it as far from that. You didn't lose your temper or raise your voice. Just trying to give people some information to help them make a more informed decision. People who are against PETA act as if PETA is still at the stage of pouring red paint or blood onto people wearing fur. Now that is an immature way to go about things that I would far from support.

In many of the "free" countries of the world we have the privilege to make our own decisions. Which awards the liberties for people to eat meat or wear fur if that is their choice. But what can be done is educating these people to what their decisions really mean, that way a true educated decision can be made. Nobody forced being a vegetarian on me, I just came across the information a few years ago and made what I think to be a wise decision. Granted I still do eat fish, I make the attempts not too but my body can't quite fully adjust to that. And the fish that I do eat are line-caught only and not from fisheries. Go PETA!

can i steal your idea for the sign?
! i love it !

when i see people wearing fur or leather, fake or not, i go up to them and ask them why they're wearing a dead animal. even if it's fake, i'll ask them why they're supporting it.
my mom usually yells at me, but that hasn't stoped me yet.

Good job! You need to tell them what's up.

your mi hero =D

I wear FAKE fur and make sure it's FAKE before I buy it. I have pet bunnies at home and seeing them makes me think twice about what I put in my mouth and what I put on my body. I refuse to eat in certain restaurants and shop in certain stores. Why should anyone contribute to eating or wearing cute defenseless animals. Dead animals need love to, but they shouldn't be dead because of MURDER and CRUELTY!

That is so amazing keep up the good work!
To be part of Peta is my dream job.
:)

I say something like: "Why are you wearing dogs? I'd rather wear lettuce! Don't wear fur!" and then if they wear fur again the next day. I'll take a picture of them doodle on it and hand it to them.

Last winter, we used to go up and politely inform people that they were wearing real fur. A lot of people actually had no idea--cheap, real fur collars are very, very common here. Most people responded pretty politely, though we had a few idiots screaming and picking fights. We retaliated in kind, which in retrospect wasn't the smartest thing to do.

Well done. Yet another person who is making people think that PETA is just a bunch of angry extremists who jump to conclusions and act as if they are better than everyone else.

A girl I go to college with has a real fur coat, I don't feel the need to tell her it's disgusting, everyone knows real fur is wrong now anyway.

Also, I wear a fake fur coat, but after reading some of the comments on here, I'd be frightened to wear even that. You should be ashamed for yelling at peole in your High School corridors and in the street. You never know the full story just by looking.

I agree with your comments and your actions but I also have the thought, "If you've already bought it and worn it, why waste an animal just by throwing the coat out?"
I would NEVER buy leather or fur though, if I accidently bought a leather watch or something, I wouldn't through it out, I'd use it until it fell apart.

I sympathize with all of you. But reading some responses, I'm left very discouraged. Everyone has a right regardless of what it is and if they choose to wear a fur coat, so be it. All we can do is educate them NICELY. Calling them out in a rude or ignorant manner will only make you look like a fool and weaken the cause. Be respectful to people and don't attack them because when you do you make your cause look bad.

Hi I am not a fan of peta but I do believe in being humane and kind to animals, I am aginst fur coats also but for diferent reasons I was born into a hunting family and we were always told you dont kill anything just for its skin or antlers you use it all and I have never seen anyone eat a mink . I think the fur coats are a joke just to show someones status.

I went to the movies the other day and this woman sat down right beside me and she was wearing a long fur coat. so I turned to my mum and said lets move over there because I don't sit by dirty pieces of shit. my mum told me off but I don't care and the woman gave me evils!! stuff her bitch

I am totally against the cruelty of animals and i am appalled by those who wear fur! But I don't think the way you handled it was good at all. Forcing it upon people doesnt work by any means. You should let people know in a compassionate way! These people who buy fur are either uninformed or don't care, so either way being rude about it wont work...and I know this from experience.

Firstly I do not wear or advocate the wearing of fur of any sort and I'm glad that organisations such as PeTA exist.

However going up to someone in the street and shouting and swearing at them is nothing more than harassment. Its not going to make them change their ways and is more than likely going to result in you getting some form of abuse back.

Also judging by the majority of the above posts, it seems to be mostly very young people approaching members of the public in an aggressive way. The coffee shop scene was a far more amicable way of drawing attention to the PeTA message, whilst coming out the bigger person

More attention needs to get drawn into mediums such as national press, television etc.

Although it all boils down to our right to protest it, and these person's right of deciding on their own accord to wear it.

I don't know if anyone on here watches the office...
but on last week's episode, michael got a bonus from work.
with his extra cash, he went to burrlington coat factory to buy a coat.
as he's talking about buying his fur coat, he is sitting in front of the camera with it on.
(i was disgusted that he was wearing it, of course)....BUT
then the camera pans down and you see red paint splashed across the front.
it turns out there was "one of us" in front of burlington coat factory that threw fake blood on his coat!

i thought it was kinda cool that their main character, who is basically made to be the biggest idiot in the world, went to buy a coat because HE thought it was good. and then that happened.

one of the characters, angela, is also a vegetarian on the show.

i agree that fur is wrong but yelling at people or forcing your beliefs on them is wrong and unfair in any situation, it does in fact weaken the cause and make people think your just crazy, it pisses me off when people in my family harass me about being vegetarian but i dont harasss them about eating meat i try to make it easier to switch and educate them nicely.

Heya, good thing you did that!

I'm 13 years old and I fight for all animals to keep their fur where 'god' has put it. When I was 10 years old, My best friends mom brought her home a coat made of fox fur. I immediately looked at it and shook my head. The parents of this girl asked what was wrong, as this was supposed to be a birthday present, my friend had not seen it. I didn't answer for a bit and then said nothing. When my friend opened the present that night, she spoke of how soft the fur was and such... i immediately blurted out. " But it's a foxy." and she began to cry. She screamed and threw a fit at how her parents had hurt the foxy. Eventually the parents of this girl took the coat back and exchanged it for something... less furry per say.

I'm slowly going vegetarian, and I don't wear fur, but like in the summer I accidently got a leather belt. I'm still using it, but I'll be sure to check next time.
Also I laughed at how you handled it, I would totally do that, but in my town you get in trouble with the police so easily.
So we don't try.
But with the uggs, I hate them too, they're ugly, couldn't they find a fur free fashion?
Anything with faux fur, I'm gonna start my own animal-cruelty free trend (:

Myspace.com/kaybayyyy

I am very proud of you
someone needs to outlaw the use of real fur in clothing
Bell

i went to the fashion show at the clothes show today and models were wearing fur. so i shouted boo and murderer. i wanted to cry :'(
LOTS AND LOTS OF FULL LENGTH COATS!!!!!!!
evil? yes!

I agree that wearing fur is incredibly inhumane, but whose mind did you really change by harassing that woman? To be honest, most of these comments are written people who seem to get satisfaction out of annoying people for their own self-promoting reasons.
Some people have posted that they are actually DISAPPOINTED that they haven't seen anyone wearing a fur coat recently because they can't do ridiculous things like making rude signs or "educating" people. So let me get this straight, you WANT someone to wear a fur jacket so that you can feel good about yourself???? Who are you looking out for- animals or yourself?
By telling someone sarcastically that their jacket is murder, and continually insulting them, are you really helping any animals?
PEACE and LOVE people!
THIS is why many people HATE PETA.
Treat everyone nicely, children.
:]

whenever i go to toronto i always explain to people who are wearing fur that it is an animal and its like me walking around with there skin as a jacket just because it adds "class" but it really doesnt it looks disgusting. I have had people thank me for doing this. Hopefully i have changed there mind about buying fur or any kind of animal product.

I hope that the man who called Pulin an asshole realizes that his wife is more than likely to be WEARING an ass.

How's that for ironic?

While reading this article, I discovered the Martha Steward fur video and was shocked to see how...I can't even find a work to describe how ugly that video was and how sick to my stomach I am now. I'm vegan, and a huge animal lover. I have see and been introduced to how horrific the food industry is through PETA videos, but I can say that I have never been exposed to a fur video. I don't understand why I've never come across this.

I am OUTRAGED that this is unregulated industry operating within the United States. I mean everything is regulated in the United States.

Thank you for educating others in my behalf. Thank you for stepping in when others felt could not or were not brave enough to do so, I feel like some one else who might not have been as brave would have faltered in taking a stand against people like that due to their abrasive nature.

I did one of my close friends borrowed her mom's coat it happened to be leather....and these girls wear coats with fur trim. My friend knows i dont like fur OR leather!

thank god where i'm at it's texas!
there's no need for fur coats, unless your stupid. :)

I agree wholeheartedly with the poster 5 previous to myself. There is a difference between educating people on the downsides to buying animal products and being rude and preachy. There is a good reason why many people hate PETA: it's because spoiled, self righteous young girls (and boys) ruin their positive message by spreading it in the wrong way.

No one is going to take the message seriously if you don't deliver it like a responsible, intelligent adult.

The bottom line is that it's a choice. It's unfortunate that some people aren't bothered by the fur industry, but right and wrong is not black and white.

Last week, I was with my Fiance' at Olive Garder... We were sitting on the green couches waiting to be called for our table. When the door swung open, a woman walked in. She wore a long, full-length coat or Mink (I think) and a hat that matched. As she went up to the desk and announced her reservation area, we lifted our brows.

Despite his reqests to sit silently, I got up. Sliding up next to her I looked interested. "Wow, is that real?"
She gave me a snooty, 'Im all THAT' look saying, "yes..."
I replied, "Oh, must've cost you a pretty penny huh?" She nodded as if she was annoyed of me. "Someone like me would have to save all their life or sell their soul for that kinda' thing..." I smiled.
She stuck her nose in the air, "I'm sure it would.."
I grinned, "Well, I'm sure it cost them animals just that... their lives."
She looked stunned like I just poured paint on her or something. "Excuse me?"
Luckily, they called our number just at that time - I simply walked away smiling and such with my arm around my Fiance's. "You can hear them screaming now can't yah'?" I muttered.
She was bright bright red, it was funny - she slid her coat and hat off... And I never saw her ever again... I think maybe I hit her with something.

Well done to all people on this list who are against fur!!! Although I bet half of you eat meat. If your going to be against fur, you need to be a vegan too. Just to say I love all of the activists on this list.
Also - why do some people just come on here to call us extremists? If you ever see a negative comment from someone who eats meat, or is for animal testing, stuff like that - remember that they are only syaing gay things to us because they know that they are wrong and that we are mentally superior!! VEGANS RULE THE EARTH!!

Today. My sister decided to have a little get-together with a few of her friends. They came over to the house.. And to my surprise they were ALL wearing fur.
I asked " Is that fur real? " and everybody in my school knows that I am an animal rights activist.
These little girls wanted to be smart so they got cocky.
" Oh why yess. I watched them kill it myself. It was sooo divine. " one of the girls said.
" Yes there was blood everywhere " said another.
" Mine was made in one of those chinese factories where they torture them! "
They were all acting like they had some form of wealth about them.

I tried to reason with them but all was lost.
until I spoke up with a slightly angered voice.
" You know. I hope one day you wear a coat made from your own dogs fur. And dont realize it until you see that one spot on him that you loved so much"

After that I went to my room. A little harsh but I got the point across.

Good for you!! I recently saw a woman wearing fur and I held up my no fur pin so she would see it. My sister saw a woman in a store wearing fur and she told her that she looked ugly.

So let me get this straight... you started whining at some people on the street about something that is not really your business, and then posted a blog on the internets when they didn't immediately bow to your demands and kiss your rear?

I understand that people can have opinions, but I also understand that I want to be left the hell alone by people who just want to cause trouble for no reason when I'm going about my day.

Signed, a leather wearer.

ong i did that today there was a girl in my class wearing real fur boots an d i told her what they do to the aniamls and she went and changed her shoe!

Sweetness! But for all the comments where they say they called people dumb for wearing fur, could've been a bit more...tactful. Just because someone wears fur does not make them dumb or a bad person. Simply ignorant of what went into making that garment. There is a proper way to express your personal beliefs in a polite and fair manner. If someone had different religious beliefs than you, would you call them dumb? I shoud hope not. Its the same principle. There are ways to get your point across, without being offensive.

talking to people like that sounds a little mean, and i understand why the husband got mad at you, because you shouldn't judge people by fur wearing. you should have told her about the horrors about fur because most people who wear fur haven't seen what the animal's they're wearing have been through.
in other words some people just need to learn about animal abuse and OTHER people need to learn how to be more courteous :)

I would love to do this this to people in new york

About a year ago I worked at a gourmet grocery store as a bagboy in a rather wealthy area of town. About two months after starting that job, customers started coming in with fur coats and scarves. I would always ask if the fur was real, and if so I promptly walked away during the middle of bagging their groceries. But this is where I got in trouble. I was bagging for the manager one day and a lady with a FULL LENGTH FUR COAT came into the line. Of course, I asked if the fur was real. My manager realed around, stared at me with a look of death, and when the lady said "yes, its real", I walked away like always. Well, my manager repeadedly apologized to the customer and started rationalizing "oh hes just a vegan, dont worry about him" and my manager even went so far as to complement the lady on the fur coat! I went over to the customer and my manager and said "Don't you ever try to rationalize and deconstruct my morals for someone who wears tortured animals as clothing!"
Needless to say, I was fired that day, but I dont regret anything I said :)

wankers, all of you...bloody PeTA

"Jesus I mean at least the lady and the guy didn't have to go all bi polar on you."

Robert E Lee, I find this comment extremely offensive. Bipolar disorder is terrible. Using it as a derogatory remark about someone who behaved badly is simply ignorant. I'm bipolar, but I'm not a jerk to people like the fur-wearer was.

I think you need to do some research and find out what bipolar disorder REALLY is before you make stupid comments.

haha ur awesome. a teacher at my school has a gazelle as a 'bag'. ((more like a corpse to me)) but anyway, i put all my ant-fur peta stickers all over it lol yay! but she took them off

Well, today actually, I was shopping at the mall with my mom for some gifts, and I was wandering around, and I saw all these pom pom scarfs. There were kinda weird looking and they felt weird. So I looked to see what they were made out of, and it turns out that they were rabbit fur. The part that kinda ticked me off was that they were on sale, like that a bunny is worth less than 50 dollars. My mom saw them and thought that they were ugly scarfs. I wanted to say something to someone that worked there, but I didn't because I had to pick out a acrylic cotton scarf for my grandma, and a fleece scarf for my mom's co-worker. But it's just sad that you could tell that someone bought one of those scarfs, and I could only think that someone must really not care at all about the welfare of these rabbits because they bought a scarf. And to me, if you buy one of those scarfs, you're only contributing to the skinning and death of these poor creatures. And the weird part was after I putting it back on the rack, my hands felt really dirty for some reason. Maybe because rabbits fur isn't meant for anyone other than rabbits!

awesome, good on ya !

I am so saying something when I see someone wearing fur :)

woah.......thats a pretty gross thought,wearing a dead animal.
glad i hate uggs and loooove cotton hoodies :D

All animal cruelty aside fur still looks stupid. Even before I got onto animal rights I always thought people who wore fur looked like jack asses.

i'm glad that the people from my school are against fur. I see them asking people the same thing "is that real?"
i just laugh because i'm really happy

But i do know one person with rabbit fur on the hood of her jacket!
BOO. HISS.
She hasn't worn it in a while though because everyone keeps bothering her about it.

You people are so full of shit. You can't just let people wear what they want? You're disgusting. If you think you're going to stop people from wearing fur you're fucking stupid.
Harassing others isn't going to save animals, it's just going to hurt humans.

I was in blockbuster two nights ago and some woman came in wearing a full length fur coat and I could tell it was real. I was so angry that there were tears in my eyes and instead of saying something, I stormed out of the store and waited for my friends in the car. Next time I will speak up and not let my emotions get the better of me. It's disgusting and people should know what they are wearing.

It isn't the greatest idea to force your opinions on people when they don't want to listen. I don't like when people do it to me, and even though I'm crazy about animal rights, I won't do it to anyone either. I like to put anti-fur/leather stickers on the back of coats when the people aren't paying attention! xD

My principal weres real fur. I really want to throw something at her for wearing it but i would be in so much trouble. what do I do???

you guys are the biggest, most close-minded assholes on the face of this meat eating planet. how you people can bring yourselves to spontaneously go into cunt-animal-rights mode and ruin other's day by criticizing their attire is beyond me. please ide. every single one of you. eat meat. eat meat. eat meat.

I honestly don't even like wearing fake fur.
I felt really bad though when my friend got me a really expensive WOOL scarf and I didn't get her anything. Should I tell her I refuse to wear it or should I just donate it? I could really use your advice.

this is so stupid

the worst is when people wear fur and own cats or dogs. how would they like to wear their pet?!

That's Awesome, Pulin. I really love when people do Care!

I understand why they acted like that, but I still think it's extreamly silly by them to talke back to you like that, and even worse; wearing fur!

Fur for fashion?
EW!
It's sick.
Fur is for animals -ONLY-

Fake fur i think is kinda trshy but as long as it's not real I guess it's ok.

And i hate people who get defencive about wearing "Their fur". I always say "Take that up with the poor soul u stole it from."

Expressing your views to other people is fine but harassing them and using rude and sarcastic comments is not the way to go about spreading the message of PETA. Handout the leaflets and if you must, inform people on the street of the cruelty to animals that is behind their high end fashions, but to be extreme about it is promoting close-minded people to ignore you and your information. Hostility is not the way. Just as we ignore rude people who reply harshly when we calmly give them information about animal cruelty, many people will ignore us if we are hostile about spreading compassion. It is almost contradictory to our message, Lets save animals but offend are human brothers in the process. Let’s go out and inform the world why we shouldn't wear fur or dad animals but let’s do it in an effective compassionate way. Lets calmly talk to people and inform them about the wrongdoing in wearing fur, lets handout our literature, but do not behave offensively, if people respond with rude remarks we know we have struck a nerve but don't fall to their level, we are compassionate to animals and so we must act compassionately to humankind as well.

I always get SO mad wen i c fur coats in malls! the other day my mom showed me a chinchilla hat! i almost cried! i seriously believe that fur coats r wrong and we need to put a stop to it!

Wow. These stories bragging about acting like arrogant, rude children is appalling. To think adults could act in such a ridiculous manner to go so far as criticizing and berating a complete stranger is shocking.

Also, a few people here have no right to call anyone stupid. It's as if grammar and spelling were a foreign concept to more than a few of you.

I bought this really cute top from Target and I wore it once. Later that day when I changed out of it (because it was really really warm) my mom gently informed me that it was made with a small amount of rabbit fur. I was so disgusted, I thought because I bought it from Target it would be safe. Boy, was I wrong. So my friends, when you buy warm winter clothes, make sure you check (and double check) that there is no fur!

That is so funny:)

Good Job, hopefully they will actually think about what they are wearing

Yeah i was at my local Wal-mart and im walking down the frozen food isle and i see this woman wearing a full length red leather coat. i walked up to her and asked if she liked wearing dead animals, smiled, and walked away. =]

That was rely funny i wish i was there :D
but the THOUGHT of wearing FAKE FUR!? like wtf!
and in my school theres a hand full of people
that wear it and its not a cold city at all
like come on its houston people! not the north pole!
but still fake or real is basically the same shit!

and one day i will confront the older people
but not right now cus ill go off on there asses
and might have to deal with the law or something
but if it comes too that ill go down with pride ^_^

Heh, good job!
I always keep the fur and leather stickers in my wallet, so everytime I see someone around my school wearing a leather jacket (haven't seen fur yet...), I give them a pat on the back. Then I see how long it takes for them to notice the sticker on their back as eveyone stares at them as they walk down the hallway =)

Haha!!Good job. I was walking in my school one morning and then the first thing i saw was a teacher wearing a fur coat and leather hat!! i asked if they were real and she said "yeah why not". I made a huge deal shouting at her saying things like "HOW CAN YOU BE SO HEARTLESS!!!DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR WEARING A SKINED ANIMAL?!" the principal came out of his office and it turns out not only is he vegan but he's a member of PETA. The next day we had a surprise assembly and it was all about how animals are abuesed, Killed and threatend because of us wearing fur. I pearsonally think fur belongs on animals not in stores

Ok, here's a comment going to any PETA members 18 or under: I think it's great that you all love animals so much and that you're so committed to your cause. But what you may not realize is that you are doing a lot of harm to the already rocky reputation of PETA by approaching people with a judgemental attitude. These situations are what give PETA a bad name with a lot of people. None of us want that, do we? If you are rude and haughty about being the one in the room who doesn't wear fur, you're acting just as bad as the people who act rude and haughty about being the ones wearing the fur.

For the people willing to listen to a better way to approach people about this touchy subject, here's how I suggest approaching people wearing fur, leather, or any other animal clothing. After all, it's worked for me.

First, find out (politely!!) if they already know how their fur/leather/whatever clothing is made. If they don't, there's your opportunity to hand them a leaflet and/or share whatever information you can remember.

If they already know how their clothes were made, calmly ask them (with concern in your eyes and voice if you can muster it) why they still think it's ok to wear the skin or fur of an animal that was tortured and killed for the sake of fashion. Hear them out, or if you can't bring yourself to do that, at least pretend to. Then hand them a leaflet and walk away.

Bottom line: We cannot change the world for the better by getting into insult-throwing, you're-stupid-for-wearing-animals fights with people. I n the short term it may feel good to publicly humiliate people, and you might even get a few people to stop wearing their fur that way (at least around you). But then you've become a bully. You've become just as bad toward people, whom you didn't give the chance to tell their side of the story, as the slaughterhouses and fashion designers, who didn't give the animals a chance to tell their story either.

Ultimately, as hard as it is to accept, it is an individual's right to choose whether or not they wear animal skins or furs. We cannot control people, nor should we. All we can do is educate people and hope that their heart will listen some day.

Thanks for your time in reading my comment (I know it was long, lol). Please keep my advice in mind. =)

I was at school one day and noticed my friend Tabitha got a new pair of REAL uggs for her birthday I immediately made sure she wasn't looking and took out a don't buy leather sticker and put it on her shoes. Then i told they were made of real leather and she walked off. For christmas i asked for a pair of fake uggs that were canvas and faux fur my friends and i always hold up flyers and stuff in the hallway so people can see it i got a detention for it but I said freedom of protest and stormed off with a smirk.

it was so funny when i did this to two girls just a few days ago. i saw them in the halls with these matching jackets with a bunch of fur lining and trim. ((can i say ugly?)) so i went up and asked if that was real fur they were wearing, they say yes of course. so i asked what kind. rabbit. ((why?!? :( )) and then i made a face and said that i once had a bunny named cody (which is true he was so cute) and that i would never be able to wear someone's pet. did they realize that they were wearing someone's skin? they both made a face and started to walk away but i saw them talking and looking at their coats funny. i don't think i saw them wearing the coats around school again XD though i wish they hadn't in the first place then they wouldn't be supporting the industry DX

That is incredibly wrong.
They shouldnt wear the skin of someone else!
Howcome its right to wear an animals but human.
Its ludacrious.
When did we have the right to decide when a animal dies , it shouldnt be that way - INDEPENDANCE.
I support you peta all the way.
Well done - this is a sign to all - to stand up and say whats wrong. Quite funny sign!
SUPPORTER OF PETA ALL THE WAY.

About a week ago I went on a date with an attractive lady who was wearing something of questionable origin , (looked like fur) so I decided to politely ask if the fur collar was real. She was very insulted , not for the usual reasons but because she thought I was implying that she was a mean person. The "fur" was fake.
Can't win .
p.s. Even fake Uggs are hideous.

Haa.
That's great. :).
I was on my friends bus one day a few weeks ago, and there was this girl wearing a fur coat. :(.
I asked her if it was real. And she was like, "Yah it's real rabbit fur." I started talking to her about what the poor rabbit had to go through for her to get that coat. And she got really mad and yelled at me and called me and inconsiderate b**** who doesn't know what they're talking about.
I think that basically everyone gets offended when you say something to them about the dead skin that they're sporting on there back. But it's horrible. :/.

I think everyone has the right to express their opinions to who ever, especially if they are wearing fur. So all you people who are saying that we are all stupid or whatever, would you be ok with us skinning you and wearing you?
Oh wait no its different because your humans and there are certain laws about that, wait you cant be a human because you have no compasion what so ever. =) i sincerly hope you have a nice day PETA and everyone else you agrees with killing animals for vanity i hope this comment goes up yours.... sideways :)

Ahaha. that's pretty grande.
something i definitely woulda done!
It amazes that people even enjoy, and/or have the pleasure in wearing a beat, tortured baby seal, an electrocuted rabbit or chinchilla, and skinned foxes. Its a funny thing..Animals were here long before humans right? So the earth was theirs long before us. It makes me so sad.
As horrible as this all is, it really opens my eyes in wanting to change the world, and how we look at animals like they are nothing.
stay true everyone, and happy new year!

Thats AMAZING...I only wish I was there to see it,
I haven't seen anyone wearing real fur in ages (Thank God) but next time I do I am definitely taking a leaf out of your book :)
Well played xD!!!

Thank you so much for posting this. It worked so well when I spoke up about my friend's Burberry coat. I bet she will think twice about wearing it ever again, or better yet-she will think twice about ever buying fur again!

I understand what Grace is getting at as far as bullying and harassing people. You can do a great deal of damage (PETA certainly has before) to your public face by disrupting people's activities and/or humiliating them. However...

The situation for animals in many circumstances is DIRE. I believe PETA takes a bit of a Machiavellian approach. That is to say that the 'ends justify the means.' The truth of the matter is repeated pressure over a long period of time can get it done. One of Portland's premier furriers was run out of town after over a year of consistent protests and run-ins with the owner.

I'm not the type to splash people with red paint or picket outside their homes, but I am not necessarily opposed to people who care about animals doing almost anything to protect them.

You are truely are my hero!

That lady got what she desirved
That story was the greatest!

Man, I totally hate fur coats. It's inhumane, disgusting and altogether disrespectful. And people who wear fur are just thinking about their appearances instead of what those cute little animals had to go through to be their dumb coats. And the prices! Who would spend that much just to be wearing the dead fur of an adorable dead animal who's blood now lies in the hands of those dumb fur-wearing people. It is downright unnecessary and totally gross. I wouldn't be able to wear fur for five seconds without screaming "I'M A MURDERER!!!" and I don't think any of us peta members can either. Only a completely stupid, clueless person would wear fur and think they look good. And by the way this is little_veg123, I'm anonymous because I could not log in. Darn.

good for you(:
that inspired me to say something the next time I see someone wearing fur or leather. I usually see people wearing fur and just look at them in disgust, but the way you handled that couple is a better solution! keep it up, dude.

this is the most immature thing i've read in a very long time.

way to go, peta.

Okay so evertime I see someone wearing fur I start to talk very loud and say 'do you know how many animals get killed everyday to make fur coats for gross people to wear them!The fur factories skill animals alive,the snap their necks, and treat them like they are trash.But I can see some people just dont care'

I always get bad looks but I just gave them a BIG VEGETARIAN ANIMAL LOVEING SMILE :D It makes people so mad.

I read a lot of comments on here my point is this you approach people with rude and sly comments which is not right. Just because you are against something doesn't give you the right to down talk other people who do wear it. It's their money that they work for and it's their business. Try to stand up for bigger things like racism. Jenna 6 happened and i didn't see people in an uproar about that. And then here is Ellen on her show crying about a dog. People give more effort to save animals than humans what is the world coming to? This is america and if people want to wear fur, be an atheist, eat meat, be a homosexual, or whatever they choose to do With THEIR life so be it.

Thats the way to tell someone off calm and quite i live in va and i dont see to much of fur coats yet have i ever had the never to say sumthing being as younge as i am but i think what u did was right i hope mabey just like the rest of the people who commented i will be like u all and i have always love and cared for animals i have at least 5 and im new hear bal blaah blaaah

one time i saw this lady in a fur coat and i asked her if it was real she said no and started walking off...i then proceeded to yell after her "yea it better not be!dont be an animal killer...it SUCKS to have that on your consience...i know u hear me lady!dont be walking away when someones talking to u!!!!

yea my freinds were really embarressed...but no where near as embarressed as my mum..haha

I haven't really seen any kids wearing fur or leather at my school, but if I do, I will be sure to say something about it!!!!
I can't believe that some people think it's "fashionable" and "cool" to wear dead animals! After reading all these comments about people walking up to complete strangers and saying stuff to them if they are wearing a real fur coat. I'm pretty shy, so it would be hard for me to do that! But if it helps the animals, I would some how think of a way to talk to someone who's wearing fur/leather.
But anyway, one day my mom got me these leather-looking pants and I like freaked out and looked at the tag...LUCKILY, it was fake leather. yay! If it had been real leather, I would have asked my mom to bring it back to the store, and if she couldn't, then I would throw it away. No way would I be caught wearing a dead animal(s)!!!!
Some day i want to join some PETA people in a protest against KFC! That would be fun! lol
My dad has chickens and boy are they spoiled! He's not a Vegan or Vegetarian, but we don't eat any of our chickens; we just raise them for selling eggs, eating eggs, selling baby chicks(to good owners) and that's about it. The chickens are loved very much! I have one chicken friend named Cinnamon, which some meat eaters in my class think it's weird to name a chicken, but it seems quite normal and everyone should do it.
VEGANS/VEGETARISN RULE!!!!

-Kaylin C. (Very proud Vegetarian all my life!)

My mom always says about meat eaters and fur(A.K.A dead animal skin) "Ignorance is bliss!" which is totally true! That's why people get all offended, because they know they're wrong and they don't want to know the truth because than it would make them feel bad and that's why they get mad at you. They think YOUR making them feel bad, when it's themselves that are wearing the fur/leather or eating meat(a.k.a dead animal flesh) in the first place!
Go Vegetarians!
-Kaylin (VERY Proud Vegetarian all my life! Supporter of PETA!)

I think that people who wear fur coats are disgraceful. I've heard that its been proven that man-made fur is warmer, lest costly, and cruelty free, so theres no reason to wear dead animals on your back! Why cant people just buy regular winter jackets, they keep you warm just fine, no one needs a long dead fur jacket when there are perfectly fine other winter jackets containing no fur.

nice job to all of you, i dont have any storys but you guys are awsome
im new to peta and i think its grear what you guys are doing

I think what you did was really wonderful but i try to be a little bit nicer because more people seem to respond when they are treated kindly and they are actually considered as a person no some one who just wears fur and eats meat because they are a person too. I am always kind and just inform them why I think it is wrong to wear non-vegan clothing and tell them some facts or give them a leaflet. Often I get understanding responses and they promise to never wear fur again. Also don't come on here just to say that we are dumb for not eating meat and promoting non-cruelty to animals. Look that is actually what we believe and maybe some members of peta can be a little "radical" at times but it's because they're are absolutely outraged!

I have a friend who has a Holt Renfrew BUNNY FUR SCARF! She says she dosnt care that shes and animal killer and that is soooooo soft... me and my friends tell her what happens to the poor little animals but she still dosnt care... probably like most of the people who where fur.

WOO GO PULIN :D
all the girls in my class apart from me wears uggs and real fur, tis horrible!!! :(
awesome you pointed out to the lady about what she was wearing, you rock my sox :D

This happened to me at school before. I was sitting at a table with two of my friends and we were actully talking about this website and being new members when a girl walks in the cafiteria wearing a dress coat made of fur. I got a little upset and went up to the girl and asked her if was a real fur coat, she said yes and was so proud, she even told me it was made from bear fur. And at this point I was getting angry and i started to tell her some of the ways they killed the anamials she was wearing, she got a bit upset but i have not seen her wear fur again but with her attude toward anamials she will later in life. Hopefully then someone will say something like I did.

What a jerk, really? I can see why they were mad. These people are old...they grew up in a different time and they were out for coffee. They didn't start a conversation with you or cast the first stone. You can't say that they acted like kids in middle school because who was the one who pulled up an anti-fur video and blasted it for them to hear. That is not cool, period. What they wear, eat, whatever is up to them...just like you can eat and wear whatever you want. BTW saw the new safe the fish idea. Sounds great, I'm gonna be having "sea kittens" for dinner tonight. Sha-bam! Yeah, I can be a jerk too.

Meh! That is too funny. No one wears fur here in San Diego (Today is Jan. 14, and it was like, 85 degrees)...I almost wish they did, just to tell them off. But really, I don't because that would be cruel. I guess I'll see if anyone is wearing a fur bikini!

My Grandmother thinks animals are put on the earth to be made into food and clothes. So one day about a year ago it had snowed( I do live in Utah so its common) about a week before and i had to go and visit her cuz she needed help painting her den red so my dad took me to go and help. She was waring a FLOOR LENETH fox coat!!!!! I thought I was going to be sick. She had taken it off to paint and i was in her basement gaging. so after we were all done painting she asked me to put it in her closet. I told her no and so my dad screamed at me so I had to ugh. But instead of taking it to her closet i took it to the garage and found the extra red paint and pored it all over the coat and then wrote and the concrete floor "FUR IS MURDER!". She found her coat after we left and she called my dad...well i was grounded for five months but it was worth it too teach her a lession she will never forget!!!

Honestly...people don't want to hear about the way their fur ended up on their jackets...because they don't want to think about it. They want to think that the fur on their jackets is just found on the ground and that no animals were hurt in the making.

ok first of all im 12 lol its kinda sad but ive been a vegetarian my whole life and hav NEVER tried a hot dog or hamburger or any red meat. but yea i havent eaten meat for 5 yaers now but back to the point. i went vegan 4 about 2 weeks and i wasnt feeling rite. i went to the docter and they said i cant go vegan:( i was soooo sad. it was becuz i needed the milk to keep growing and if i stop eating dairy and eggs then i will hav health problem. is this docter just saying a bunch of B.S. or am i just going crazy? so if eney1 knows wat i should do just yea comment plz.

oh and just saying, i LUV the comments ppl leave about how every1 hates peta and blah blah blah and all the crap. its really funny. i am a big peta street team member and everything but those ppl that leave the stupid comments trying to diss ppl are extremely funny! at least i think so cuz yea ok im done

omg i cry sometimes when i feel real fur on stuff and my teacher has one and i want to comment but when i comented her on her botts... anyways i cried in music clas the frst day ( i oured valve oil on her coat tho!)

I always, always, always, always comment when I see someone wearing fur. I don't care how made it makes people.

yeah personally, fur looks better on the animals.
fur just makes you look fat, and hides your beauty
and clothes. and btw, i love the sea kittens idea ;}

i have anti-fur things everywhere around me! lol! i even carry a purse with the anti-fur sticker. when i walk around i want ppl to know my views on their disguting habits.

when i have to walk by the fur department at the mall to go to the restroom, i make a note to talk loudly about how i have no idea why someone would WANT to walk around in a dead tortured animal. or that i dont know why someone thinks that the price they pay for the tortured animal is any compensation for its death!

i love it when ppl look at me and stare. they should!

(and since im not allowed to talk about personal views and opinions at work, my secret santa bought me a "cruelty free" pin to wear!)

Fur looks better on animals. NOT on people. Its funny, my friends and I, whenever we see a person wearing a fur coat, we go up to them and ask them if its real. If they say yes, we walk away a few paces, then toss rotten tomatoes at them. If its Faux, then we glare, and walk away.

chicago is full of fur coat wearing idiots i call them names under my breath or i walk past them and talk with whoever im talking with and say " fur coats are evil and a dead animal is spread across your back" A little bit to louder than im supposed to.

i was at church and this woman was wearing a full length fur coat. i asked her if it was real and she said "yes, would you like to feel?" and extended her arm to feel. i replied "as much as that would sound enjoyable for you, rubbing on a dead animal is not my idea of fun." then i turned on my heel and left. being a christian and yet having no respect for life, sounds a little hypocritical.

I love the sign idea. it's not extreme at all. so it actually makes people think. to all of you who say you just yell things or call people idiots or monsters, you're not doing any good. by doing these things, you just make people pissed off. so they continue to wear fur just to anger you in return. being rude doesn't do anything. you will always have the people who get offended no matter what, but try to inform them in a polite way. there's the slight possibility they will listen. it's more likely than if they are yelled at.

I think its utterly disgusting to be wearing a dead animal on your shoulders, and they call it fashion?
I don't even like the idea of fake fur, its still a statement that its OK to wear an animal even if it is fake, it still looks real, there fore putting the idea into children's head that its OK to wear a dead animal and think its OK...

Wait! I just realized something! Doesn't 'Santa' wear a big fur coat? I may be colored...but isn't it fur?

Maybe I'm wrong but...

At school today, I was sitting in class, and another student commented on the teacher's big belt buckle. He started talking about belts for a few minutes, and I looked up at him, he was right in front of me, and said, "do you like wearing the remains of a dead tortured animal's skin around your waist?" He asked me if I was a vegetarian and I said yes, and then asked me if I was with PETA, and some idiot yelled out 'PEOPLE EATING TASTY ANIMALS!'

So, I stood up, and launched into a full rant of the most horrible things I could think of. I was nearly yelling; "Do you know what those poor animals go through?! They get electric prods shoved up their rectums! Their killed while still conscious! Cattle WATCH their limbs being cut off! Chickens get squeezed so hard that they expel feces on other birds! Pigs get their teeth cut in half, their tails cut off! And you can LAUGH at that? You're just a bunch of sick, heartless jerks!" Needless to say, I can get mad. Then I took out my "hot pass", a nice little piece of paper that gets me out of class when I'm mad and about to maim someone, and stormed out of the room.

People can be such cruel idiots.

i was in a movie theater a couple of days ago and this woman behind me was wearing a full length fur coat. she looked really stuck up, so i started gagging loudly to make a scene. i turned around and looked her straight in the eye and said, that's disgusting. she gave me a nasty look and turned to pay for her ticket. lots of other people gave her dirty looks and i followed her around till we got to the theater, coughing and gagging the whole way. the best part was that her husband was wearing woman's Uggs. it was hilarious

i dont agree with wearing fur for the most part, but i think you went too far. the lady will not remember you or what you said in 2 days. and you all are just as closed minded as them. except you like to go about ruining peoples days. it isn't your business what they wear.
and also. don't say it is 100% wrong to wear animal fur, because its not. i would bet money there is someone out there who doesnt have heat or money and use some type of fur to keep warm.

I think this was brilliant i would do the exact same thing if i had to.

Now I feel bad... One of my winter coats has a fur trimmed hood... I mean, not REAL fur, its polyester, but now I feel bad about it... I think I'm going to stop wearing it... I have another without any fur, fake or not, and I don't own real fur, or leather for that matter.

Just a few days ago I was out walking with my boyfriend, it was snowing lightly, and we were cold, naturally, so we stopped to get coffee and warm up. We were having a pleasant enough time... until someone wearing a fur coat came into the cafe. He looked at me with pleading eyes, and murmured, "Ana, please don't..." But... I was already getting up. The lady was just sitting down, and I sat right across from her. She looked at me weirdly, and asked, "excuse me, what are you doing?"
"Oh... I was just wondering, is that coat real?"
She seemed to sit up a little straighter and told me "yes."
"What is it?"
"Rabbit fur..." She was still eying me oddly. "Can I help you?"
"Oh, not really... Gosh, I'd have to sell my soul to the devil to get one of those."
"I'm sure you would."
"But... I guess the rabbit didn't have to... someone else sold it instead..."
"Excuse me?"
"Well, I'm sure the rabbit didn't want to give it's life up... You know, to be dragged out of a tiny cage by some demon and have it's throat slit, the poor little guy shaking and such." I pulled a leaflet out of my purse, which had a few stickers on it, I made sure she could see the anti-fur one.
I handed her the leaflet, and said, "I just stopped over here to ask you to read this for me. I'll leave now." After I said that, I got up and returned to my boyfriend and coffee. I looked over to the side, and saw the woman reading the leaflet. When she was done she took her coat off. I smiled at my boyfriend and said, "and you didn't want me to talk to her!"

And... if I could say something to all the people here against us... We have the right to express our beliefs, what we do isn't much different from the groups of people I see on our city's busiest street, handing out leaflets for Christianity. No one bothers to tell them that they're wrong. Sure, sometimes we get a little rude... but that's only because we get frustrated. We love animals, living creatures, and we don't want them hurt. And I personally believe that those who don't care, are in fact a bit heartless. And... if you don't care, then how 'bout you don't come to websites that are against the sort of things you enjoy just to mock us? It makes you all seem pretty immature.

I can not stand people wearing fur. there is a store in chicago IL, that sells fur coats "Adriana furs" in the magnificient mile.
well there was this woman giving leaflet showing there offers, I approached and ask her if she likes her coat and she reply "I love it" I ask her "do you know where the fur comes from? and she said "no and I don't want to know" I told her "you should know that what you are wearing is something that cause a lot of suffering to many animals"
also I said "know you need that coat because the animals that had their skin are dead so they don't need that now because you look good on lots suffering and dead skin.
she said she was going to call the police. and went iside the store.

I F&%@#% hate them.....

lol brilliant XD some girl in school used to say she was veg and then she comes in with fur boots! i asked her how she could do that and she just walked away....i was so angry!

i saw this woman in a store with a full lenght fur coat on, and i said to my frend, rather loudly, " thats gross." my frend was like shhh!i no it is but dont make a scene..i looked right at the woman and was like I woodnt have to make a scene if people didnt wear dead animals!

the woman kinda glared at me but hph..o well.
:))

I'm sorry, but as a Vegan i feel it's situations like this that turn people away from our causes. I'm not very religious and if someone came to me in a coffee shop and started preaching the "word of the lord" i'd be pretty annoyed too.

We're supposed to be humantarians, that doesn't mean everyone has to agree with us.

This is why people think my membership to PETA makes me in a cult.

Come on people, you win more with honey than vinegar.

If we keep this up we're just as bad as the people we're fighting against.

I find this whole posting hilarious. As of now I don't own anything that has fur, but I am considering it just to get a good laugh when someone tells me it's a dead animal. What clothing is the most cruel to animals? Please tell so I can go buy two.

in fact i was in a store just up the raod form where i live and they were selling coats. well my friend and i went in to look around and saw that the coats had "fur" around the hoods.

my friend looked at me and went,"that is so gross,and it is tottaly ugly." she was right of course and so we went to the person in charge of the store. i very politely asked the man,"are the hoods of your coat lined with real or fake fur?"
the man looked at us and said,"no they're fake fur"
needless to say i was really relieved to hear that answer.

when me friend and i left she said."i'm glade it's fake fur becuse i would never go in there again!"

i laughed and agreed then we walked back up the road by the water for about an hour. we so much fun walking along the rocks and shore line.

I wouldn't have the guts of what you did, Pulin.
Some girl in my homeroom started arguing with another girl saying "I'm against animal cruetly, so don't talk about hurting animals infront of me, or I'll start crying! People who wear fur are f*cking pricks!"
The dumb thing about this was that she was wearing UGG boots while she was saying this. I told her to shut up and sit down since she was wearing fur at that moment.

Abusing fur wearers is not the way to engender sympathy for the cause of PETA. The only way it will succeed is by educating people as to the provenance of their furs and skins.

I own a full-length fake mink coat. I feel great when I wear it because (1)it looks wonderful and (2)I know that no animal had to suffer to produce it. And if anyone comments on it, I use that as an opportunity to put the message across about how you don't need to kill any animal for fashion.

one time in school this chick had a HUGE leather pure and i mean HUGE! I was like, "How many cows died to make your purse?" She just glared at me.

alot of people at my school wear fur, as its become a trend, so inform them that they are killing helpless animals just for fashion and it's nonsense in my oppion,but all they do is make fun of me and i still dont let it bother me :)

I did'nt know that Ugs were
made of animals
I mean I like always wanted
A pair But I never knew they
were actual real animal skin.
Are you sure there are'nt any
fake ones?

To Megan- yes Bearpaw boots are suede and wool. And no they dont just 'shave off the top layer' of skin...how the hell would they be able to do that? Yes, your boots are from a dead animal. So if you care about animals at all, I suggest you throw them out. You should have checked what they were made of before you bought them.

i saw alady at dairy queen with a fur coat and i aksed her if its real and she said yes and i told her that it was murder and she laughed =[

why do u only publish antifur comments on ur site, in order to get some sensible discussion u should allow people w/ other opinions to make their say also!

Well my friend at school she let me barrow her hoodie and it had fur on it so I asked her if it was real but she said that she doesn't know so I looked at the back and lucky it said faux fur but she hasn't given me my hoodie yet. :/

Ok i dont have a storie but

one day are ugly firecrouch princable comes in wearing fur but i di not have the nerve to go over there or i would!:[

Wow, I deffinatly love you for doing that. I get so upset when I see people wearing fur, I love how you had guts and stood up! Far too many people want to ignore where things come from, it's time that they face reality! Good Job.

Wow, I deffinatly love you for doing that. I get so upset when I see people wearing fur, I love how you had guts and stood up! Far too many people want to ignore where things come from, it's time that they face reality! Good Job.

hahahha. i love the sign!!
i bet that women felt really dumb.
but she should.

I agree that wearing fur is horrible, and think it never looks good and that it is murder. But i feel the way you all go about this is all wrong. Going up to someone and saying they look disgusting and fighting with them is doing nothing to stop them from wearing fur. You should just go over and nicely give them a pamphlet and hope it changes their minds.

i saw a woman at common grounds (a coffee shop) and she wore a big, orange fur coat. i asked "what animal did u kill to get THAT?" she said i was very rude and being childish.
w/e,
i told her it was just like killing one of her own.
she decided to go up and buy some coffee. sat down. and finished her coffee. then, this is the interesting part, she went across the street and went inside a mcdonalds. bought something, obviously a burger, and came back. she came up to me, and threw the burger at my friend jojo, and yelled "u love animals?!?here's ur precious animal!!!" and i stood up.
i said," that's just pathetic. ur killing animals in TWO ways. i feel so bad for your family, ooooo so sad.tsk tsk.
see you later. go kill more animals for ur own material needs."
that was so much fun.
jojo went to my house and took a long shower.
then, it was time to go onto the internet.

-jessica

I live in a small town surrounded by small towns so thankfully i dont see hardly any of those atrotios coats but if i see one that person is going to wish they were a fur coat by the time im done with them (not gonna hurt them or anything but i will talk there ears off about how self sentered they are being)

~Lindsay~

I honestly don't see that many people walking around with fur coats.

But my substitute teacher in webmastering was like "ohhh so you're on that fur is dead website"
and i said "yeah."
then she brought up how her daughter has the shirt and everything...then she said how she owns a mink fur coat.
I was just "WHOAHHHH. That's really gross..."
and she said "no, its really warm and soft"
i just shook my head and gave her like the most disgusted look.

LOL oh yeah and this girl at my school has these HUUUUGE fur boots. Like, they look like the weigh a ton. But I dunno if she thinks they look cute...but they look stupid as hell.
It's like as if she shoved her foot up some animals butthole. Ha its horrible.
But really everything i told her wont get through her thick skull.

Heheh, you're now offically a role model of mine, Pulin. Funny, casual, nice and speak out for what you think is right.

I'd love to have PETA come up with a good flyer to hand out to people. I've thought about writing my own, but not only would PETA's probably be better, but other people could access it. Unfortunately, as great as this coffee shop story is, often we don't have the time to talk to people wearing fur. They are passing on the street or just with us in the subway for a moment. If we had a flyer that we could hand them that gave the link of peta videos as well as details about the animals' torture both in life and in how they are killed, then we would be able to just briefly say in a very nice way, "I just wanted to give you this flyer with more information in case you really don't know about it so that you can make a more compassionate choice next time you think about buying fur."

Hi--I've read all the comments but I have to ask--do the same people who fight against people who wear fur & leather coats--notice footwear too?

Plus can you really tell if a coat is faux-fur? most of the faux fur that has been produced in the last 24 months looks real until you TOUCH it.

Honestly I live in the coldest city on earth--most ppl like to think they do too but we actually won some sort of weather contest. Many MANY people have FAUX fur coats here. Why? They are WARM. I have 7 people in my life who wear faux fur coats. You can tell it's FAUX when they wear it.

For the sake of arguement I asked them WHY they chose this vs. maybe wool? Their answer was that it was cheaper & they could afford it.

PLUS the coats are WARM & I put one on to try--you know what''they are REALLLLLLLLLY warm! Nice & toasty!

So sometimes in SOME cases--it's really got nothing to do with activist ideas or going against activist ideas. Sometimes it is practical and you have to understand--those FAUX fur coats are CHEAP!

In order to go after faux-fur PLEASE consider going after the BRANDS--the COMPANIES! A good WOOL coat is over $400 Canadian!

A high quality faux fur is about $150-200 Canadian. While a GORTEX is easily around $400-500!

Fleece & nylon in our part of the world does NOT cut it in the wintertime!

I do AGREE with those of you asking those in New York OR areas where the temperature isn't very cold at all. Those women are probably going for FASHION over practicalness.

However please consider where you live & window shop ok? See what the costs are for professional style DRESS coats that women who have office jobs have a choice of.

If you notice they ARE cheaper--then it maybe worth while finding out the companies that SELL THEM!

Also for those of you WHOM ARE over the age of 18 in both the USA & the in Canada--you can easily be charged under the criminal codes within both countries and that can then subsequently affect your futures.

You may not always want to be an activist or even if you want to be--you may want to be able to have the freedom to leave your country & vote! YOu can't with a criminal record! You can't even get a credit history that will eventually allow for you to buy a car or a HOUSE! (the latter is true in most Canadian provinces).

SO be careful when you go & attack strangers on the street. Also realize you don't know who you are attacking--it's worthwhile to be concerned for your physical safety when verbally attacking a stranger. There is nothing stopping them FROM ATTACKING you back!

Their response is probably NOT always going to be a verbal response either! So please PLEASE be careful, be smart & find a way that gets your point across but without RUINING your own life!

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