Picture yourself living your life in the jungle peacefully, then suddenly captured by companies, lock on a cage for almost your entire lives, getting beaten up, bad environment, no food to eat nor water to drink. Then all of the sudden see yourself waking up from a running machine getting ready to separate your skin from your flesh for production. An event in which animal have to go through on a day to day basis for companies to create a high fashion statement to provide materialistic need and keep in trend. Celebrities are the biggest consumer and trendsetter when it comes to fur farming. Wearing this thousand-dollar coat not only give an image to their fans that they can rock it but also influence them to own one as well. In the first place, celebrities should be aware that this high fashioned material is causing some serious problem to the environment. One production of fur coat according to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of the Animal) a group that pays attention to four areas on how animals are treated that includes factory farm, fur farming, animal experiment and entertainment industry, stated that during a process of creating fur it emits carbon dioxide to the atmosphere that is worst than a car driving over a thousand miles. (PETA) Therefore, celebrities who advertise and wear this product should stop because it shows that they are for fur farming which is environmentally damaging.
As a matter of fact, many people think that fur farming is natural and the material is sustainable. In the article “Is the fur trade sustainable” written by Tansy Hoskin. A group is opposing that fur farming is eco-friendly and natural rather than environmentally damaging. The BFTA also know as the British Fur Trade Association a group in which they are in favor and think that fur trade is sustainable. They stated in the article that it’s “a natural, renewable and sustainable resource that is kind to the environment and respectful of animals’ welfare”. (Hoskin) Since when did cruelty and killing an animal respectful to the environment, to think that it’s immoral to disturb an innocent animal to sustain our materialistic need is never and will never be considered polite.
As a result, celebrities are raving this fur product and giving the crowd that it’s okay to wear such material because it is natural, friendly to the environment and durable. Under all that circumstances, we’re motivate and encourage to buy this kind of product without knowing how it does it affect our environment. In the article “Environmental Impact from Fur Farm” written by a group of researcher from CE Delft stated that fur farming is a form of gross misuse of resources and environmentally destructive process. Fur farming is outnumbering other industries in the production such as textile 2-28 times for climate change and land use causes. Fur farming is also a significant cause of the destruction of the ozone layer and contributes to soil and water pollution and also allow toxic emission. (CE Delft) We all know based on our knowledge, that during the process or removing a flesh we can’t wear it fresh a chemical or some sort should be added to keep its longevity and maintain the smell. Even I am a fan of fur coat because my favorite celebrities used them, but when it comes to an environment issue, my perspective is changed and willing to sign a petition so stop fur farming.
Generally speaking, because of the influence celebrities can create we tend to follow their trends and keep in the loop for what’s new. When we don’t even know the effect, it can cause to our environment. A fur coat is fashionable, yet it also demonstrates luxury, a sense of fashion, a statement but cruelty towards an animal is a different story. There are many ways in which we can help to stop this cruelty to the animal but without the prior knowledge of the people, we idolize, and we look up too. We tend to be still under their possession of wearing this excellent product. Think about this what if celebrities start to dressed in a different approach to fashion rather than the skin of the abused animal. Introduce new ways of fashion that are safe to the environment and also safe from the unkindness of the animals. We can only achieve this by showing them that we demand new fashion sense so that they take a different path and set a newer trend that everyone will love, and we will support. Celebrities have a significant influence toward everyone. But sometimes the person we idolize can also be the cause of the destruction of the environment because they choose to wear a different skin.