What many people don’t realize is that a lot of fur is farmed, yes, farmed. There are fox farms out there (all over Europe, where I’m from) that raise foxes for the fur. They are NOT trapped; they are raised like chickens, or cows, or your goddamn Thanksgiving turkeys, with the purpose of fur production.
Besides, it is plain retarded to wear faux pelts in the subzero – just ask the Eskimo, and they actualy trap their fur donors.

@Chronic Malanga – thanks for mentioning Jessica Simpson’s “Real Girls Eat Meat” shirt. I’m gonna get me one of these! Take that, PETArds!

Chronic, ITA. If only Hollywood looked outside its bubble and realized the public doesn’t give a toss who eats meat and who doesn’t, who wears beasties and who doesn’t, etc.. In fact, the public hates self-righteous animal rights freaks. I saw this for myself last Black Friday when some PETArds tried to protest outside of Bloomingdales and Neiman Marcus (which they called “Neiman Carcass”) for selling furs. Even in this flaming liberal state, people were walking by taunting them. It was funny. But people in Hollywood really believe most folks in Peoria sit around saying, “I won’t see that b-word’s movie! She wears FUR!!! She eats MEAT!!”

Habanada… you said it better than I could have.

When PETA gets its knickers in a knot over Liz Hurley, what they’re really communicating is “We’re trying to diminish her box office value and lower her industry prestige.” it’s the same as when they try to ruin the stock price of Hormel, or Tyson, or McDonald’s. But it’s on the scale of a “brand” that equals a single person. (…and maybe her agent & assorted handlers…)

I’m guessing a protracted nasty fight with PETA could do about as much damage to a movie star’s “brand value” as a scathing movie review from the New York Times, or making a big film that went “straight to video.”

So they do have some power. But then again, so does the KKK. Power alone doesn’t make you righteous.