The Vegan Thread

The fur's flying in Islington. Fur ban proposed:

https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/islington-council-proposes-ban-on-fur-sales-at-all-markets-in-the-borough-1-6255531

Fur ban passed:

https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/islington-council-bans-sale-and-supply-of-fur-at-stalls-in-the-borough-1-6261909

I always find these quotes so interesting:

David told the Gazette: "My favourite coat is sheepskin and it's warm.

"Obviously I'm against the slaying of animals just so people can look lovely but I don't mind fur personally. I have bought my wife a couple of fox furs, it's recycling. I'm a meat eater. I think animals are grown for food.

"I don't think you should dictate to the customers what they can buy. If a customer wants a coat with a fur collar and they can't get it in Chapel Market they'll just get it somewhere else."

And:

Another objector added: "The banning of fur is indefensible. Islington councillors and officers should not be making moral decisions about which forms of animal torture are bad and which are not. If Islington wanted to stop all cruelty to animals it would force traders to become 100 per cent vegan. It's easily arguable that an animal experiencing decades of torture for its milk and having babies taken away before it is then killed has a much worse life than a rabbit skinned for its fur.

"Is all skinning considered wrong? No leather or suede at any of Islington's markets? No handbags at Chapel [Market]? Fur is just fluffy suede."