The fur issue divides. Here supporters, breeders, worshipers, especially Alice Sapritch in a rather funny plea. And there the cons, such as the association PETA and its happenings shock during the Fashion Week or Combative who demonstrates for the closure of a breeding.
In Paris, a few steps away from the fashion presentation of a famous furrier, activists of the association PETA for the defense of animals demonstrated, this morning, against the wearing of the fur. They were covered in blood and screaming... Julie HENRY, from the association PETA, speaks about this.
An amazing procession this noon in the streets of Emagny. At the call of the association "Combactive", 250 people demonstrated in this small village of Doubs. They call for the closure of the mink farm and denounce the treatment of animals killed for furs. The demonstrators came from all over France to make their voices heard. Slogans and photos shocking to mark the consciences and ask especially the closure of the mink breeding of Emagny. They were alerted by the important communication campaign funded by the Brigitte Bardot Foundation. The animal protector sent a letter to the Prefect of the Doubs yesterday. The demonstration ended with a face-to-face tense between the activists and the breeders entrenched in their farm. The activists hope that France will join countries like Austria and England which have banned mink farming. Christophe MARIE, spokesperson of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, explains having warned the Minister of Agriculture on this subject. Fabien ROBERT, president of the Combactive association, asks that things evolve radically.
On the occasion of the Christian Dior fur fashion show for the Autumn Winter 1977 1978, the actress Alice SAPRITCH, backstage with a fur in hand, sings the praises of the creator Frédéric Castet. She evokes the "sexuality of her furs"...
Meeting with the President of the French Breeders' Union who draws up a picture of mink breeding in France. He holds a mink in his arms, which eventually escapes... "They are not convenient animals".
A mink farmer, who chose this profession out of love for the animals, tells how the day of a mink goes and what he eats. The most delicate thing for him is to kill them...
During a presentation of fur coats, two mink breeders claim that "mink is really an inattachant beast". They do not like to see these animals killed but would gladly accept a mink coat.