Will u boycott UGGS 2 save the sheepY /y not? do u think sheep should be killed?
/>PAWS takes aim at Ugg boots
By Rachel Dunn Staff Writer
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Respond to this Story Published: Monday, February 25th, 2008
/> Photo by Staff The Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
stages a protest on the Frist North Lawn against the use of animal skins
for clothing. PAWS Vice-President Alex Barnard '09 lies in the snow
wearing a fur coat covered in fake blood to demonstrate his opposition to animal cruelty. Defying February’s climatic dictates, students lay in the newly fallen snow on the Frist Campus Center’s North Front Lawn on Friday afternoon, feigning death, wearing coats covered with fake blood and sporting signs that read, “What if you were killed for your coat?” The protest, based on a campaign started by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and organized by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), was designed to raise awareness of animals’ suffering as part of the fashion fur industry. The protest focused on Ugg boots, which are made from sheepskin and are popular among college-age women. In addition to Uggs, which are openly noted as derived from animals, fur marked as fake may not actually be, PAWS vice president Alex Barnard ’09 explained, adding that clothing imported from China is often unregulated, and recent studies indicate that cat and dog fur may be mislabeled as “faux fur.” PAWS hopes to address these issues and change people’s perceptions of fashion through the protest. just ugly, and there’s no reason to wear it at all,” PAWS president Jenny Palmer ’09 said. Princeton is an ideal place for the protest because of fur’s association with social status, Barnard said. “There is a lot of wealth here,” he explained. “There are people who wear animal products here because they can afford them.” While PAWS members see demonstrations such as last Friday’s as pivotal to awakening activism on campus, some students see the protests as unnecessarily graphic. Aly Lopez-Aguiar ’09 noted that while she agrees with PAWS’ mission to decrease the use of fur in fashion, the use of fake blood was “excessive,” she said. “If somebody sees something that graphic, they’re going to be turned off of the issue itself,” she explained. Palmer, however, defended the use of provocative images. “There’s always a risk [of offending people],” she said. “Sometimes there’s a lot of apathy; we need to have these shocking images to force people to recognize that the clothes they choose to wear have an impact on animals’ lives.” programs and other events that PAWS sponsors, Palmer explained. Protests like the one at Frist aim to alert the public to see the controversy over fur as a “wider issue,” she said. While such demonstrations are perfectly within PAWS’ right to free speech, the graphic nature of the protest might give a negative impression to prospective students and people trying to get a sense of the University, Haley Thompson ’11 said. “There are a lot of people [who saw the demonstration] who aren’t students here, and they might find it offensive,” Thompson explained. For Thompson though, wearing Uggs remains a personal decision, much like being a vegetarian. “You do the same thing when you sit down and eat a hamburger,” Thompson noted. “l don’t feel like it’s all that different, and I’m not a vegetarian.” Seeing the demonstration did not change her mind, she added. “I’m still going to wear my Uggs
I am sorry but I have learned from my intense research on this
subject that the sheep are not slaughtered mainly to make ugg boots.Yes.
the sheep has to be slaughted to obtain their hide & fleece. However, the
sheep is not slaughted purely for the fleece & skin. The main purpose for
the slaughter is for the meat for eating (yes they do eat sheep a lot in
those countries). And that it is the way boot manufacturers obtain the
sheep skin. It is horrible that animals have to die for us.however, people do need to eat..and if an animal does die for any purpose (for food).they should use the rest of the poor animal for other purposes..However, I do believe people abuse it & keep killing these cute little animals (more than they have to) just to make more money.. I am an animal lover.but I do eat meat (our bodies do need meat).I do own uggs & leather jackets & coats.I did not kill the animals & I do feel a bit bad.but that is a big industry & it will never stop.people need to eat & if they can use their skin to keep us warm.then be it.
I would like to say something. These sheep aren't killed just
for their fleeced hide, the company would go out of business if they were
just killing sheep for their fleece. These animals have already been
killed for food & just as many cattle are killed each year for the same
reason. For food. So for those of who keep crying about the sheep hide
this means you would have to stop wearing ur leather sneakers, stop
wearing belts, leather coats, gloves, carrying leather handbags-briefcases-luggages & all other leather accessories- strip the leather off ur car seat or sofa, don't eat a hamburger, don't eat meat at all, if you truly & seriously want to save hide of animals! This is what is required! If you can not then you are being a hypocrite about the whole animal thing. So just because you can not afford them don't rain on someone is else enjoyment of them by pretending you care so much about the sheep when most people won't even visit or care for a stray animal in their neighborhood. Getting down off my soap box.
i wont boycott them but i might not get as many new ones since
they are kind of going out where i live
I will boycott them because they are UGLY.
yes i will! i never knew that they actually skinned sheep for
them!
no i love uggs so much i cant survive winter without them
I hate those ugly boots anyway. Just a plus if I am saving
sheep.
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