Fur-farming has faced a steady decline around the world as activism surrounding the topic has been relentless. Undercover investigations of fur-farming facilities has shown us the horrors those innocent animals endure when being bred for fur. Crammed cages, feces and urine laden living conditions, lack of access to proper food or water, injuries or skin conditions left untreated leaving animals to suffer in agony before they're slaughtered. These investigations reminded us that these animals are already being forced to give their lives for fur, and yet we treat them as nothing more than trash leading up to their slaughter.

The images of innocent animals covered in feces, showing serious signs of distress, or left with untreated welts, rashes, or injuries, reminds us of the lack of necessity surrounding fur. While one might argue in defense of eating animals, there is simply no logical defense of the cruelty to animals when discussing fur. With the plethora of synthetic materials available to us, skinning tortured animals for clothing is outdated, cruel, and unnecessary. Once seen as a symbol of status, we know too much now about the cruelty behind the clothing to see it the same way. Look at any survey done in almost any country and you'll see that a larger majority of people support a ban on fur farming.

Congratulations to Romania for making the right choice and ending the barbaric and cruel fur industry. Fur is far from fashion, it's animal cruelty and nothing more. We're on track to see this industry wiped out altogether! Let's do this <3

Peep the link at the top of this post for the original story from World Animal News.

Black rhinos have been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 1980 and to date, there are only approximately 6, 400 individuals remaining across Africa. With that being said, how could anyone in their right mind determine that slaughtering these rhinos will somehow help with their survival when there are so few of them left? To put things in to perspective, there are roughly 1.3 billion people in Africa, and 6, 400 rhinos. What's going to happen to those rhinos as the population of Africa continues to increase? Let's dive in to this.

As the population increases, more land is going to be required for housing / communities and agriculture. This land comes from the animals. What happens when we take land from animals? We have further human / animal conflicts. Next, these communities need money, so the temptation of hundreds of thousands of dollars will in my opinion, make the decision to allow the hunt of endangered rhinos an easy one. So, as rhinos continue to face illegal poaching for their horns and habitat loss, we somehow think that letting wealthy Americans come and slaughter them for thrills will help them? This is asinine and nothing short of pandering to wealthy individuals at the expense of the survival of an entire species.

We need to be looking to the future here. 1.3 billion people vs 6, 400 rhinos should alarm us all. We can not continue to allow the slaughter of endangered species for sport. If you are a United States citizen and this is something that outrages you, you must contact the USFWS and voice your disapproval. There are 30 days to take a stand and let the USFWS know that we don't support the senseless slaughter of Africa's imperiled and endangered species.

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