by Barry Kent MacKay in Animals in Captivity, Coexisting with Wildlife, COVID-19, Fur Trade on February 05, 2021

https://www.bornfreeusa.org/2021/02/05/mink-covid-19-fashion-furs-and-priorities/

Akey to successful advocacy work, whatever the cause, is the ability to understand the views, values, and priorities of “the other side” – those who wish to impede whatever you want to achieve. I value compassion and conservation. I oppose cruelty and environmental degradation. These are values that have long motivated me to oppose the fur industry. They are part of a bias, and I will admit that up front, freely.

I will not pretend to understand fully why people still buy fur apparel or want to enable the process that makes it available. If they do not care about causing suffering and death to the animals (or find the degree of either to be acceptable, even necessary), that is as it is. If they do not care…