Comments on: Lefty Tree-Lover Catches Fur Bug

By: leslie

leslie — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 14:35:05 +0000

As we celebrate Earth Day, lets remember to hug a trapper.

By: richard swartz

richard swartz — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 22:51:51 +0000

Audubon Magazine did a cover story 10 years ago or so about how the fur industry is aligned perfectly within the environmental movement. No matter what you do, environmental sustainability needs to be the #1 priority otherwise we won’t exist to argue about anything.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 19:11:59 +0000

Thanks for supporting fur. The term “tree hugger” assumes that an individual is against all harvesting of trees. If this is the case then the individual is ill informed as many anti fur people are. Proper and responsible tree harvesting is not only taking advantage of a renewable resource, creating jobs and growing economy, but can actually enhance habitats, forest health. Thus may or may not include clear cuts.

By: Terry Vourantonis

Terry Vourantonis — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 17:33:24 +0000

So nice to hear sane logic.

By: Simon Ward

Simon Ward — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:53:48 +0000

You raise an important issue for all people who live off the land but sell their product to people who don’t. A general distinction can easily be made in the US in particular, where huge urban populations have little contact with rural producers, that city dwellers are politically “liberal” and see nature through rose-tinted spectacles, while rural folk are politically “conservative” and see nature as “red in tooth and claw”. This divide has created mistrust, even fear, and entrenched positions on a whole bunch of issues that have nothing to do with how we manage nature. Nature is what it is, and how we manage it should have no relation to our views on, for example, minority rights or gun control.