Today, I won’t talk about the Nissan Cube. There are 8 days left to the contest and it’s
still very important to me, but I’m working for 3 days at the Montreal Fur Show
and something is really bothering me. A
close friend of mine told me “Amelie, you’re a vegetarian and you’re for
animals right and you are gonna model fur coats at the Fur Show? Isn’t it ironic? He had a point. I’m modeling fur coats at the
Fur Show, I’m realizing it right now. I
could tell you “Oh well, I got a make a living! Times are tough for
everybody!”.
But when I see the big business going on here, it makes me
feel awkward and a little bit ashamed.
Why would somebody want to buy a coat made with the fur of a dead animal? Worse, I realized that most of those animals are
only kept for fur production so they are killed just for humans to wear them as
coats! I’m talking about a living thing here! Might as well wear a coat made of human skin!
Just like the serial killer, Ed Gain, who used the skin of his victims
to wear as costumes!
I have to model about 20 coats and one of them is a full lenght chinchilla coat
for which about 80 chinchillas were used to create. 80 chinchillas! How could somebody buy and
wear this coat proudly? And me, I’m modeling those coats for stores and
companies who are ordering their merchandise for the year.................
If only the meat could be used for nutrition, but I doubt
that it’s the case. Anyways, I don’t eat
meat, not only because it’s bad for your health, but also because it’s against
my principal to kill any living thing (I actually feel really bad when I have
to kill an insect!).
Remember one thing:
the eco system is messed up, the planet is alive. Our resources are not unlimited,
and many species are in danger or already extinct. Eventually, the human race will disappear if
we don’t change our way of life and our living habits. This cannot stay like this. Dinausors will have lived longer than humans on planet earth!
Respect life because we are all united under one soul, one energy field. We are all part of each
other and we are interdependent. Break
this chain because of your ego and you mess up this system and it’s the
beginning of the end. Like the world
right now. But it’s not too late.
I do eat a little bit of fish from time to time, it’s
true. But my philosophy is “Don’t eat
what you couldn’t kill”. Maybe I could fish a salmon, but I would definitely
NEVER kill a cow, a pork or a chicken...
I don’t even eat dairy products! But it’s mostly a question of health than a
question of animals. But I don’t want to
encourage the industry of animal production.
I could go one forever because this is a subject that really fascinate
me. If only people knew that being
carnivore creates so much pollution. As
I keep saying: “A vegetarian in a Hummer produces fewer carbon emissions than a
meat eater in a Toyota Prius.” If
everybody in the world became vegan, there would be less pollution, more water,
the grounds would be richer and we would make world hunger disappear. People would be lighter, in a better mood and better health. Well,… I won’t say to much for now, I’ll leave
that for an other blog lol
But now, I must say that I’m a little embarrassed to wear my
leather coat. Fur or leather, what’s the
difference?! I’ll never buy leather
again!