Killing an Animal for Clothing

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Imagine being beaten to near death and being painfully skinned alive. This scenario seems as if it would only happen in a horror film, but in reality it occurs on a daily basis. Looking at a fur coat through a store window or in a glossy magazine one may not realize that animals were beaten, electrocuted, crammed in filthy wire cages, or even hanged just to produce a simple fur coat. Every year millions of animals are treated wrongly and even killed for the fur on their backs. Society may think twice about wearing the corpse of an animal when one knows what really happens in the name of fashion. An immeasurable amount of suffering went into every fur trimmed jacket, leather belt, or wool sweater hanging in ones closet. To eradicate the unnecessary suffering of animals for fashion, wearing fur must be made illegal.
When it comes to wool one imagines idyllic surroundings and sheep who naturally shed their coats or need haircuts to keep cool during hot summer months, and one may believe sheep live this life until the final breath, but ones imagination is far from the truth. Even though wool is a multimillion dollar a year industry, due to the welfare of the animals that unwillingly have to participate this industry should be shut down. Lyn White, campaign director for Animals Australia states “Australian wool producers are striving to produce ultra-fine wool to supply the demand from elite fashion houses both in Australia and overseas. Each year, leading Italian fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna presents the prestigious ultra-fine wool industry trophy -- the Vellus Aureum Trophy -- awarded for the finest micron fleece. This year the trophy was awarded to The Wool Factory from Horsham, Victoria by Count Paulo Zegna and Australia's Gov...

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