Cut cruelty out of fashion
To The Editor:
Re “Fur fight: Activists vow to cook Canada’s Goose” (news article, Feb. 23):
Good article! Using fur for fashion is completely unnecessary! Steel-jaw leg-hold traps are bitterly painful, bone-breaking devices that are banned in many states in this country; but not in Canada.
These poor coyote will sometimes suffer for two days in pain, dehydrated and hungry, while they await their captor for a terrifying and stressful end to their lives! And for what? So a piece of their skin can be sewn to a coat when warmth can be achieved in so many other cruelty-free methods!
And the “value” of geese in industry is in their feathers. They are painfully held down and stripped of their feathers six times in their lives, allowing six weeks for new feathers to grow between stripping. At the conclusion, they are sold for meat or force-fed to become foie gras, a delicacy born of one of the most cruel practices of the food industry.
Canada Goose cannot possibly use only feathers stripped from geese after they have been killed for the meat industry because there is no “value” in stripping them once. People must be informed that they are directly supporting animal suffering and cruelty when buying clothing that contains fur or down feathers.
Wake up people! Emerge from your ignorance and stop hurting animals and start advocating for them!
As for the Soho protesters, we direct nothing at children. I guarantee that 1,000 percent! Children do not make the cruel decisions. Kids might be on the sidewalk at the time but we are not targeting them!
Andrew Kaplan
Sorry for ruffling feathers
To The Editor:
Re “Fur fight: Activists vow to cook Canada’s Goose” (news article, Feb. 23):
Thank you, Lincoln Anderson, for a very informative and well-researched article on this subject. The Villager should be proud to have someone with this kind of quality journalistic style and integrity.
The activists have heard the residents and we even think that complying as much as we can with their wishes will make our actions resisting Canada Goose more effective. We regret getting off on the wrong foot with them.
But we stand by our activity at Canada Goose. Our objective reality is that human beings cannot survive the next few generations unless we drastically change the relationship we have with other species. It is a critical matter of life or death. We cannot keep exploiting, subjugating, exterminating and consuming animals. These unsustainable mega-corporations are on the wrong side of history. They do not represent an ethical and sustainable future.
But we are listening. Last weekend, we held our first silent vigil as a direct response to complaints by residents and threats by the New York Police Department. We have all vowed to continue to be responsive to residents and to become more creative in getting our message through. We have one interest — to shut down Canada Goose by persuading people not to buy its products.
Eddie Sullivan
Down and Hollywood fluff
To The Editor:
Thank you, Lincoln Anderson at The Villager, for being diligent, impartial and honest in your coverage of not only the Anti-Fur March but your consideration of the activists. Your complete assessment of what we’re trying to accomplish with this campaign is crucial for public awareness.
Take note, Rachel Syme and The New Yorker!
Elizabeth Argibay
Check out the videos
To The Editor:
Re “Fur fight: Activists vow to cook Canada’s Goose” (news article, Feb. 23):
I’ve been involved in the Canada Goose protests since the Soho store opened in November. Your article does contain brief arguments by those who favor not using coyotes and geese in coats, but you devote a long section — three paragraphs — to a statement by Canada Goose denigrating PETA and making false claims about the “humane” treatment of animals by Canada Goose.
If one just goes to “Stop Canada Goose Now” on Facebook, it will take only two minutes to see photographic evidence of how these animals are actually treated.
Larry Trepel
A.B., be my guru
To The Editor:
Re “Nadler and Schumer, a pair of highway robbers” (The Angry Buddhist, by Carl Rosenstein, Feb. 23):
Thank you, Angry Buddhist, for informing us with such honesty about what goes on in our city. Anger can be a great tool to move things when used properly. It’s nice to hear your voice again, a voice that belongs to a different era of writing and journalism. I am listening!
Laurence Porter
Verraz very awful
To The Editor:
Re “Nadler and Schumer, a pair of highway robbers” (The Angry Buddhist, by Carl Rosenstein, Feb. 23):
I have lived on Greene St. near the corner of Canal St. for 45 years. I have long supported the efforts by our community to get rid of the one-way toll on the Verrazano Bridge. Thank you, Carl, for reviewing the awful history of this situation.
Many of us thought that when Schumer defeated D’Amato we would see a change. Did not happen.
I would also like to see a two-way toll on the Holland Tunnel — easily doable on the Jersey side with E-ZPass and modern technology. The amount of revenue being lost is significant as cars and trucks currently go to Jersey go for free.
The traffic continues to cause severe air pollution, noise pollution and congestion on Canal and Broome Sts. and other streets in Soho. I hope the governor and our representatives hear our frustration
Susan Fortgang
Who’s in control?
To The Editor:
Re “Nadler and Schumer, a pair of highway robbers” (The Angry Buddhist, by Carl Rosenstein, Feb. 23):
I’ve worked on Broome St. near Broadway for 30 years and never in the past was I interrupted to take notice of the traffic around there. Now it feels like crossing Highway 1 in the Keys (never a break in traffic, one continuous line of cars) just to get to the hardware store across the street.
I’ve been around the city and have seen traffic. Even with all the construction on Houston St. and Second Ave., they managed to keep order and didn’t let it get out of control. Pedestrians experience more order walking through Times Square than Broome and Broadway.
Tell Congressmember Jerry Nadler to use his power of control to bring some order where it’s needed.
Steve Ruona
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