Protesters displayed posters and a carcass depicting animal abuse.
A handful of animal rights activists affiliated with a group called Caring Activists Against Fur demonstrated outside Winters Furs on Monmouth Street Saturday afternoon.
Protest organizer Anthony Botti, of Atlantic Highlands, said Winters Furs was targeted “because it’s a visible location in the central Jersey area.”
He said Saturday was selected “because it’s when the big shopping frenzy starts. This is when the animal torturers try to maximize their profits.”
Store owner Jason Simon, who had advance word that a picketing permit has been issued by the borough and hired security for the day, took the protest in stride. He said his business supports “the most humane practices” regarding animals.
“They have a right to their opinion,” he said of the picketers.
great work!!!
I completely agree with u… Fur is dead and this cruel trade must be brought to an end!!!!
His business supports “the most humane practices” regarding animals??? There is NOTHING Humane about being skinned alive so humans can profit off of the murder of innocents.Those who sell fur, or wear fur are either UN-educated about the practices that come into play to supply it, or they simply just dont care. Either way,they all have blood on their hands.
FACT: 85% of the animals trapped/bred in captivity for fur in the modern world are produced in China. China has NOT A SINGULAR law or statute regarding animal welfare, so fur producers can confine/torture/kill these animals using any method of their choosing. almost all these animals (minks, raccoons, foxes and YES, DOGS AND CATS) , are tightly confined in tiny, outdoor wire cages for months in all weather conditions. some of this heartless, insidious industry’s “humane practices”, mentioned by death profiteer Winter’s owner Jason Simon include: beating the animals senseless with clubs and then skinning them alive, vaginal and anal electrocution, gas chambers, drowning, basically any way to extinguish their ‘worthless’ lives which does not damage the precious skin/fur which the death profiteers salivate over before they export their insidious product to wealthy countries to be sold as pretentious luxury apparel.
The fur industry is a disgusting , barbaric throwback to a violent, primeval age, and even worse since now we have so many alternatives to keep warm. craven liars who say they “support humane treatment of animals” while profiting from their suffering are on the same level of degeneracy as pedophiles who claim to “love children.”
skeptical? go to youtube and search for “chinese fur” or check out
http://www.furisdead.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_8Ko-9uKRs
I know that I should have posted under something a bit more creative than “Mike”
Now I will probably be associated with the pysco-babble above.
Perhaps I should have tried “Captain Mike”?
All animal cruelty aside, I never quite understood the fashion attraction given the fact that fur makes the wearer look so rather fat. It is simply unflattering to even the slenderest of figures…!
..And Mike, as we all know – perspective goes a long way – so Captain Mike works, but then again so too does Pysco-babble Mike, or Goating Mike, or even Simpleton Mike….its all in one’s perspective.
Hey, stop picking on China. Once you get past the atrocities against animals (and humanity), they’re not all that bad.
Just keep sending cheap, shiny, toxic toys my way!
We as a country have gone and mortgaged our future by borrowing too much money from China, sorry to say that we have no leverage (or foreign policymakers with a sack) to encourage them to stop their ‘atrocities’, whether it’s against animals, humanity, artificially devaluing their currency and flooding our markets, taking our jobs, etc.
It’s not just the fur, it’s the $5 t-shirt at walmart and everything else coming out of China. So take your pick, higher cost US goods to support the union wage, or cheap toxic goods made in a sweat shop.
Buy American with confidence this holiday season. Or at least join me in boycotting goods coming out of countries like this.
I agree, and yet, I still wear leather shoes. What’s the difference between skinning animals for leather or fur? I’m not willing to give up my hiking boots…I guess go synthetic? More of us wear leather than fur.
there are myriad alternatives to leather, fur, and any product imaginable produced by animal exploitation (including food). seek and ye shall find, especially in the information age. put the word vegan and “X” product name into a google search and you will discover a (virtual) cruelty-free world..
Incredible to think that through the ups and downs of Red Bank, that fur place has weathered the economy and remained open. Maybe the key to kick starting the Red Bank retail economy is more fur stores?
if i remember correctly many a year ago it was the only way to survive by wearing fur. It is also the same concept of eating meat. Who cares if you want to wear fur go for it. If you want to wear fake fur go for it. Regardless it looks great and it will never be stopped. Go out and get some nice furs for Christmas this place is getting some good free advertisement.
Protestors, whether you agree with them or not, always wind up giving the place they’re protesting great free publicity. I eat at the diner all the time and have walked by this place hundreds of times and had no idea they sold fur coats. I stick to gore-tex myself, but I bet they wind up getting a few new customers out of this.
The Warfens are partial to fur boxers for the colder months.
Even Obama is insensitive to flys. This country is falling apart.
Who would risk wearing fur these days? Such a slap in the face to those struggling to get by in this economy.
Mike II, most of the fur people I know wear is from their parents, grandparents. never wears out. Lots better than a new gortex chemical coat every 2 years.
anyone notice how plants follow sunlight, dont you think they hurt too when you cut them down to eat them? I am boycotting everything except human hair which seems to fall out on its own without hurting anything but a few folks egos…I will only use human hair made products! not sure what I will eat or drink though
“I do feel that spiritual progress does demand at some stage that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.” — Gandhi
I get hungry and colder in the winter and have noticed a lot of deer running around Monmouth County recently. I think I am going to cook one up and make me a nice leather coat at the same time. Nothing like a little bambi-burger to fill my belly during the holidays.
Check out this informative and inspiring video on why people choose vegan: http://veganvideo.org/
Also see Gary Yourofsky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bagt5L9wXGo
“Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.” ~Albert Einstein
Wasn’t Albert Einstein instrumental in the facilitation of the Atomic Bomb?
Isn’t Gary Yourofsky, highly regarded as a terrorist?
Didn’t he spend time in prison for arson?
Easy on Albert Einstein. Scientific and technological progress advance mechanism without promoting policy.
Scientists and researchers provide the masses with a means to construct things like power plants and the internet. Should it be on our conscience if lesser mortals decide to build bombs and surf porn?
Great job by Anthony and crew at the protest. Your message of how cruel the fur industry is came through loud and clear. I will be joining the protest at Steven Corn Furs in Paramus on December 12.
Oppenheimer executed the a-bomb Einstein was a theorist, Gary Yourofsky is no more a terrorist than your Oliver North is.
VeganNation-
You make me want to guy out and buy my first fur.
Okay,
So a guy who burns down a business,(Gary Yourofsky) because he doesn’t agree with what they sell isn’t a terrorist?
And what does Oliver North have to do with this?
Why do you have to hurl insults at someone who has nothing to do with the conversation? To perhaps draw the subject away from the real bad guy here? Gary Yourofsky?
You don’t like fur, don’t buy it. But taking food from somebody else’s table, just because you don’t agree with what they do for a living, is wrong. The fur trade is still legal in this country.
Whatever happened to tolerance?
What would you do, if when the new Vegetarian restaurant opens up in town, people decide to picket in front of it?
It’s a legitimate question especially, since have Vegans and Vegetarians singing the praises of Eco-terrorists.
As per going “easy” on Albert Einstein; Is it wrong to point out that some of his work was used to facilitate death and destruction? It is a fact, he didn’t plan it that way, tried to stop it, but it is a fact. So, if someone wants to use his words to advance a point of view, why can’t someone else cite Einstein’s work, to negate that point of view?
There are people killing babies. Should’nt you start with people and work backwards to animals? Thats like wiping before you poop!
Bill, You mention the word tolerance and legal in your ramblings. The shop owner does have the legal right to sell furs, as do these peaceful protesters have the legal right to picket his store. The protesters obtained a legal permit from the town of Red Bank prior to the picket. That is their right as Americans, whether you agree with them or not. You want the protesters to be tolerant of the shop, yet you aren’t tolerant of the protesters. You might not agree with their beliefs Bill, but they don’t have to sit on the sideline and do nothing so as not to upset people like you. It is their legal right.
furisdead,
First of all, you know nothing about me.
I don’t wear fur, won’t wear fur.
I don’t believe in abortion, but would never question a woman’s right to choose. I am truly, tolerant, in ways, that you could never probably fathom.
I recognize the protestors right, to protest.
I think that there are more persuasive ways of getting your message across.
I feel that protesting, in general, is an immature, method of persuading social change. Lobby Washington, Lobby your state and local Governments. Persuade people through reason, not shock or hurt.
The 60’s are behind us (thank god). There are more sophisticated, affective ways of getting a message across.
But. alas, maybe I am defeated…. Maybe it will be up to me to organize protests against any establishment, that even gives off a hint of sharing the beliefs that the radical protesters share.
What would you feel about that? Could you respect the rights of someone standing in front of your home, or business, with the express intent of ruining you?
This article reminds me of the protest back in ‘97, or’98. The RBFD Chiefs were there with cutting equipment because a group of protesters were supposed to chain themselves to a post in concrete. That never happened, but I saw that quite a few of the protesters that were arrested where wearing suede shoes, leather boots and leather belts. Kind of hypocritical I would say.
Help Stop the Cruel Fur Industry.
JM:
don’t jump the gun and call them hypocrites!
for just about any product (including the leather and fur that you mentioned) there is a viable substitute available on the market today with no animal products, it’s just a matter of information. check out http://www.mooshoes.com , or just google vegan and “x” product name, simple as that ..
Bill, I’m glad you don’t wear fur. We actually have some of the same beliefs. You have the right not to like protests and your suggestions of other methods are valid (which I know these groups are very invovled in). But the fact is, as long as they are doing this legally, which they are, then it is their right, one which I support and will be joining them.
i think this prompts a good debate about fur use and animal treatment..thank you, Rb Green for covering the story. At least it’s prompting discussion
while on the subject of fur, can we discuss Stanley’s hair?
Hey, Furisdead - if you “would never question a woman’s right to choose an abortion”, why do you question a woman’s right to wear a fur coat?
Pathetic, freaky, hypocritical ‘values’ at the very least.
Graxe,
Lots of people get confused by the layout on RBG. The commenter’s name comes after the post. It was Bill who made the abortion comment, not furisdead.
VeganNation / Bill
- Once Oppenheimer saw the destruction of the a-bomb, he became quite an outspoken opponent of destructive technology, to the detriment of his career. It’s a bit more difficult to find a profiteer of any sort (on wall st., in sweat shops, slum lords, politicians, lawyers, etc.) who considered the broader social implications of their ‘work’ and made a reasoned, responsible change.
I actually watched Gary Y.’s Georgia Tech speech on youtube (not the intro propaganda piece, the “Humans are Herbivores” vid), one question: Has any medical doctor supported or refuted his assertions that we’re anatomically not designed to be carnivores (based on the length of our intestines, carbohydrate digestive enzymes, jaw hinge, straight teeth, etc)? This is actually quite an interesting argument.
chooselife, while not everyone concurs where life starts, you bet I write to my reps and advocate for preventing unwanted pregnancies starting with a good sex ed. program.
It’s funny, I don’t see many of the Anti-Choice talking heads advocating for a better support network for mothers who might not take their pregnancy to term owing to lack of childcare, health insurance or financial means. You’d think they’d be right behind a more lengthy, paid maternity leave, legal protection for breastfeeding mothers, funding for sliding scale child care, health care for all.
I eat vegan about %98 of the time making the odd exception for some pasture fed dairy or local honey. My primary bone to pick is with big factory farms, industrial slaughter house operations and people who don’t think beyond the package that their food comes in. Really, in this day and age if you don’t know about the disgusting practices of these places you are willfully ignorant.
Fur is tacky…another instance of willfull ignorance.
Westside Veggie,
Too much meat for a Friday.
Let’s all just agree that fur is tacky and move on.
Fur is a renewable resource, while the majority of fleeces are made with petroleum-based products. Which is better?
A few years ago while walking along a street in New York City, I saw a truck pull up to a nearby corner and in sight of a fur store. Within a few seconds the video presentation came on and a few gathered to watch, including me.
For the first time I saw footage showing a fur electrocuted anally. I had no idea how a fox was killed so I was enlightened that evening. Eventually I decided to abstain from buying or wearing any natural fur product and sent a contribution to PETA.
It’s been many years,and my commitment not to wear or purchase any fur continues. Education has its role and people are free to make a personal choice about what they wear or consume.
Peace & goodwill all,
Tony
So, John, it’s either petroleum or fur, eh? Which to support, … terrorist nations or China, hmm…?
Personally, I give the terrorists more respect than our Chinese friends. At least they’re forthright about wanting to rule the world and destroy the West.
And since we’re in the season of culturally obligatory (and often cheap-as-possible) material purchases, let me once again ask everyone to please consider gifts from local artisans and US manufacturers this year. Even better, forgo the gifts, actually show your families where you heart is, and ask that they donate to local food banks in lieu of more toxic shiny junk you don’t need.