Animal Rights And Ethical Issues In The Fashion Industry

Animal rights are a fragile issue that goes back and forth between people often with so many different beliefs and ways of viewing things. A major question in animal rights is; are animals entitled to the possession of their own lives and their everyday basic needs? With opinions on this topic based on research and tests, opposers to animals having rights over their life are not taking into consideration that animals live just like us humans but we cannot physically communicate with them. It is unfair that because of lack of communication animals are killed all around the world for the use of their skin because of our selfish need to wear animal fur. When an animal is chosen to be skinned they are either killed by gassing, neck breaking

What people don't realize is that even though fur and skins may be more sustainable than other textiles in the industry, during the process of tanning the leathers and dying of the fur before they are put on the market many lethal chemicals are used on the product.

Tom Ford, a huge designer in the fashion industry, actually stated that his reasoning for being pro fur in the industry is that it is an important luxury that lets people experience something that hasn't been harmful on the planet. Animals impact the environment and planet in a very huge way and by taking the focus on the physical animals and putting on a different issue Tom Ford is wrongly advertising the use of fur.

Before the discovery of new synthetic fiber fur was available and used for the purpose of surviving cold temperatures. Now with the technology we have to make durable clothes that hold the purpose of warmth just as much as fur, it is almost obvious that fur has turned into a symbol of high society. The consumer market should be more aware of the science behind their purchase. A higher social status should never be more important than the life of an innocent