Feb26
No Fur in Fort Lauderdale
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Just in case you weren't aware, you don't need to be a professional activist to make furriers in your neighborhood wish to God that they could just crawl into a hole somewhere, or maybe pick any other profession. All you need are some signs, a few good friends, and an hour or so of free time. Anyway, here are a few great pictures that some folks in Fort Lauderdale sent me from a protest they held outside AA Martin's Furs last week. Setting the animal issues aside for a moment, what the hell do you need a fur coat for in Florida?
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According to Michael, who sent in these pics, the owners of the store asked them to call off the protest as they'd had a recent family crisis. Feel free to comment here, because I'll admit that there's the tiniest bit of a gray area: If your job involves paying people to raise animals in cages so small that many of them are insane by the time they're anally electrocuted, do you deserve a little bit of slack from the people who are telling you to stop it if you've had a rough week?
And in more good news for fur-bearing animals everywhere (this time from Portland), check this out.
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this is a great action - my respect!
Posted by: john | February 26, 2007 11:29 AM
They want respect due to a family crisis? Do they not have a clue that the animals that have been tortured for these ridiculous coats are always in crisis?
Posted by: Michele | February 26, 2007 11:57 AM
Family crisis? What about all the animal families they have destroyed? Sounds like a little bit of karma to me. Karma will sneak up on a person like that.
Posted by: Kelley | February 26, 2007 03:18 PM
There are some people in our society who have been consumed by greed and selfishness
Another retail example
Posted by: kelly | February 26, 2007 08:54 PM
a family crisis, like your dad was anally electrocuted and skinned alive? then i could understand. sorry, they have the constitutional right to peacefully protest there. if it's bad for business, stop selling fur. i find the solution rather obvious :)
Posted by: sarah | February 27, 2007 12:06 PM