There's possibly nothing more abhorrent than seeing someone in a full-length fur coat. Every time I see someone in a fur coat, I ask them if it's real, and then proceed to drop some knowledge about the industry which kills animals by gassing, trapping, drowning, and electrocution. What do you do when you see someone wearing fur?
(This photo is from something I did a few years ago in NYC)
…So now let me tell you the story of this past Saturday morning.
I was sitting there doing some work and enjoying some soy hot chocolate at the local coffee shop.
These two couples came in.
One woman was wearing a full-length fur coat.
She sat down right in front of me!
I asked if it was real.
She said "no." (an obvious lie)
I said "That's good because no one wants to see animals suffer or be killed by anal electrocution and neck breaking."
The woman's husband got very defensive and immediately started calling me a stupid prick and other names which I haven't heard anyone throw around since middle school. (Mind you, this gentleman must've been at least sixty years old.)
I replied with, "You're a grown man and you're talking to me like that? You really don't have anything else to say?"
At some point they tried to ignore what I was saying just so they could sit in ignorant bliss.
However, I was there first and this lady was sitting directly in front of me so there was no way to ignore it.
Then, I had an idea!
I turned on the Martha Stewart fur video and peacefully went about my work.
(My headphones must've been unplugged because they overheard the audio and weren't thrilled at all!)
Both women's husbands at that point starting saying how I'm an asshole, uneducated, and all that type of stuff.
I explained that I went to Vassar College and have a degree that's all about human rights and environmental issues. And that I was simply trying to talk about compassionate living.
Plus, if her coat was really fake, there was no reason for anyone to take offense, right?
They were furious.
I was amused, yet disheartened by their inability to hold a simple conversation without acting so immaturely!
They stormed out of the place creating quite a scene and everyone laughed at them.
I got back to work and enjoyed the rest of my day!
…I doubt that I made her a member of PETA, but I sure did make these people aware of cruelty to animals and I'm sure they'll think twice before putting on that coat ever again! Plus, everyone else agreed that these fur-loving folks were totally out of line with their cursing and yelling while I sat there calmly just trying to have a conversation.
Please, make sure you say something to everyone you see wearing fur, or at least hand them a leaflet. Do you have a story to share? We'd love to hear it. Post your story below or email it to us at peta2@peta2.com for consideration in future blogs.
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.
You should have thought before you wrote that. its completely unethical,just think about it. By wearing a fur coat, its just like a dead animals skin is wrapped around you. They electrocuted poor animals that were still conscious just for 1 fur coat! Cant you believe it? Anyway,would you like to have just some lame fur coat?! Seriously?
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!
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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.
-jessicai 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<3
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!
You're all crazy.
I used to say it would be a cold day in H E double toothpicks before I would comment on a post, but I have to let you know how much your post has helped me! Thanks!
I ever saw my friend with a fur coat. The incident happened a long time ago, if only I met with her again, I would ask her and if she did she use the real, I Will explained to her that it was a murder of animals.
I was in my video class answering a questiong about "should i get uggs for christmas" i was typing that ugg boot are stupid and cruel when a girl walked up to me and said they only shave ogg the fur i ingnored her and put a picutre of a lamb onh the answer when she said they dont kill them i stared at my screen and said then why do they say sheepskin she said no they only shave them thenn 3 girls came to her side all were wearing ugg botos and started defending her my freind asked me if they were cruel i said yea look i googled a dead sheep started at the girls and said this is what your stupid boots are made of the bell rang that minute so i grabbed my stuff and me and my freind left leaving them to stare at the screen
fur is only good on furry, fluffy, ALIVE animals! keep it on the cuties who really need it.
Plain and simple anyone who wears real fur is SICK and deserves to have their skin torn away from their bodies to see how it feels then maybe they would get the hint! I have no respect for them … PERIOD nor do they deserve it. If nothing is said then how are we to stand up for those who can't. We need to use our mouths and stand up for what is right and if that means a few choice words, paint, etc. then so be it. We need to get our point across because using kindness pretty much does nothing. You know what's really sad … pretty much everything that we wear, use or eat is made of some animal. I would love to find clothes, shoes, purses that I could wear that is animal free and doesn't cost so much. This world and the humans in it frustrates me so much. It's become so evil; against the environment, animals and even themselves. WHY???
I have to agree, fur looks so much better on animals than on humans, humans just look stupid when they wear fur any ways it's not very becoming at all. So I was at this Christmas party and a friend of mine came in wearing a fur coat, I walked up to him and asked him if it was real and he said yes and said are you kidding and he said no that it's been in his family for year. SO WHAT?? I wanted so badly to say something to him but there were a lot of people around me so all I could do was burst into tears and ran out of the room. I was mortified and to this day I have not spoken to him. He is a looser, anyone that wears fur is a looser and I despise them. Actually I hate all humans that harm animals and I am ashamed to part of this race that is so @#$%^&* cruel and evil. ***** Animals matter more to me than humans do! Humans are just plain cruel and evil, animals are not. We humans are most defiantly NOT superior or better than anything else on this planet; we were not put here to abuse, torture &/or kill ANYTHING & animals were NOT put here for us humans to do despicable & gruesome acts upon. We were not born into this world to be evil (or nice), it is a CHOICE, a CONSCIOUS CHOICE! All humans have a choice to help or to hurt. The pain & suffering we humans are putting animals through is disgraceful, appalling, atrocious and barbaric and is unnecessary! Just because animals are a little different does NOT mean they don't suffer & feel pain, they just want to be loved & cared for just like we humans do. Animals are innocent and have done absolutely nothing wrong to humans, they don’t deserve to be treated this way and have every right to be here on this planet as we humans do! There is this saying … treat others like you would want to be treated. Animals need us, they need GOOD humans who care about animals to step up and not turn the other cheek. We need to stand up for them & their rights and they do have rights! ALL sentient beings have rights! We need to end this cruel & unnecessary abuse to animals immediately! Enough is enough!
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