Search your heart for what you know is right

I once went out with a girl in college, and we were talking about the subject of animal rights. I mentioned that I firmly did not believe in animal testing of any kind. She got very angry, and told me she felt I was overly liberal and blind to the need for such things. She felt that in some cases it would or could save human life. I disagreed with her then, and I disagree with her now.

That doesn’t mean that I do not value human life as well. I very much do value human life. I am equally sick of our practice of using the poor of other countries (India) to drug test. This is a practice that occurs every single day and it goes on more than anyone hears about in the press.

Why do we feel we can use people and things that are weaker than we are? What the fuck is wrong with us? Where does this sense of entitlement come from?

There are many ways we can test products and drugs without the use of animals or desperate poor people. We have the ability to simulate tissue and organs in a lab. It costs more, but that is tough shit.

Some people (Ann “dirt bag” Coulter) will quote the bible (Genesis 1:26) God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."

I am quite sure that God did not want us to treat animals the way we do now. Animals are among the most beautiful things on earth, and I find it hard to believe that God put them here for us to abuse as we see fit. If he did, he can suck my dick.

I am not a hard-core vegan idealist, but killing an animal in a cruel manner or for an unnecessary reason is completely unacceptable. People do not need to wear fur. It certainly doesn’t make Jennifer Lopez look any better.

Designers including Stella McCartney, Vivienne Westwood, Todd Oldham, and Marc Bouwer have 'created synthetic alternatives that are hip, humane, and easily available and don't turn animals into fashion victims.

This is a PETA commercial for the “Fur is Dead” campaign. I applaud Trent Reznor for doing this spot. Everyone can handle watching this footage and should do so. Perhaps it will wake you up to what happens in China on a daily basis.





I am adding this raw video from the Chinese fur market for anyone who is not convinced by the first one. I was only able to make it a minute or two into this video before I had to turn it off. I was sitting here crying my eyes out. It was not a “boo hoo” type of moment. I was full of hate and rage. Tears were streaming down my face and I felt my hands tighten into fists. It is beyond my comprehension that anyone can do this to a living thing. If I were to personally witness something like what is contained in this video I would easily be able to kill a human being.

WARNING: THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND VERY DIFFICULT TO WATCH




Dog and Cat fur is often used in inexpensive children’s toys (Walmart). Please do not buy anything from China that might in any way support this practice. Whatever you think about them as an organization as a whole, I urge you to support PETA in their battle against the Chinese fur trade.