To the editor:
Several weeks ago, I read an article in the Lawrence Journal-World that both shocked and horrified me; the article was about fur. Much to my distress, the article did not focus on the cruelties the fur industry perpetuates but instead promoted this "natural fabric," touting it as the next glamorous trend.
I believe the real price of fur should be calculated not in dollars, but in deaths. To make one fur coat, you must kill at least 55 wild minks, 35 ranch minks, 40 sables, 11 lynx, 18 red foxes, 11 silver foxes, 100 chinchillas, 30 rex rabbits, 9 beavers, 30 muskrats, 15 bobcats, 25 skunks, 14 otters, 125 ermines, 30 possums, 100 squirrels or 27 raccoons. That is too much pain and suffering for a single garment, no matter how beautiful the finished product looks. I guarantee you it looked better on the original owner.
The next time you go shopping, please think twice before you purchase a fur coat or a coat with fur trim. Remember the animals that died for this barbaric fashion trend and choose faux instead.
Emily Franklin,
Lawrence
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