Pros And Cons Of Fur Trapping In The United States
Fur Trapping in the United States Trapping and skinning animals for their fur should be illegal in the United States. There are over 4 million animals that are trapped and killed for their fur in the United States each year. Some trappers trap animals for sport or for a profit. However, the outcome is the same for every animal and their life ends in pain and suffering. People that trap claim that it is humane and regulated. There is nothing humane about trapping an animal and drowning it to death or skinning it alive. As for the animals that are farmed for their fur and then skinned, this still remains inhumane. Animals have feelings just like humans do and they can feel scared, ashamed, and sad. They are not just a thing, there is a heart
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The animal is murdered by one of the following; suffocation, skinning alive, chest crushing, drowning and many other ways. The common trap for trapping an animal in the wilderness is using a steel leg trap. The US has banned the steel leg trap used to trap animals in the wilderness. Over 80 nations have also banned this trap. In the US there are no laws regulating the confinement or killing of animals for their fur. These animals are treated in a way that is inhumane. The actual fur trapping industry has caused several animals to near extinction and the traps have become a problem for other animals that get accidentally caught in them. Many countries are phasing out fur and putting bans on raising animals for their fur. “The fur trade likes to trumpet the fact that fur is a more than $40 billion industry globally, according to a 2014 study commissioned by the International Fur Federation”(Williams). This is what makes it very hard to stop fur trapping and fur farms because there is such a high demand for this huge industry. If consumers would only say no to real fur then there would not be a demand and the numbers of animals being used for their fur would decrease until hopefully the fur industry is non-existent. “Consumers need to know that every fur coat, lining, or piece of trim represents the intense suffering of animals, whether they were trapped, ranched, or even unborn. This cruelty will end only when the public refuses to buy or wear fur.”
The animal is murdered by one of the following; suffocation, skinning alive, chest crushing, drowning and many other ways. The common trap for trapping an animal in the wilderness is using a steel leg trap. The US has banned the steel leg trap used to trap animals in the wilderness. Over 80 nations have also banned this trap. In the US there are no laws regulating the confinement or killing of animals for their fur. These animals are treated in a way that is inhumane. The actual fur trapping industry has caused several animals to near extinction and the traps have become a problem for other animals that get accidentally caught in them. Many countries are phasing out fur and putting bans on raising animals for their fur. “The fur trade likes to trumpet the fact that fur is a more than $40 billion industry globally, according to a 2014 study commissioned by the International Fur Federation”(Williams). This is what makes it very hard to stop fur trapping and fur farms because there is such a high demand for this huge industry. If consumers would only say no to real fur then there would not be a demand and the numbers of animals being used for their fur would decrease until hopefully the fur industry is non-existent. “Consumers need to know that every fur coat, lining, or piece of trim represents the intense suffering of animals, whether they were trapped, ranched, or even unborn. This cruelty will end only when the public refuses to buy or wear fur.”