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On June 2, 2011, the Fendi fashion show went ahead at Seoul's new Floating Island cultural center. This was after Seoul City had threatened to cancel the show unless fur was removed, then allowed it to go ahead in a classic example of gutless backpedaling to appease big business.
In the days leading up to the fashion show, a series of protests were held at Seoul City Hall. But the biggest gathering and possibly the largest anti-fur protest seen in Seoul happened on show night.
In the photo at the top, KARA's Director can be seen in the middle of the school kids yelling out anti-fur slogans. The placards depict how manys animals are killed just to produce one coat. Gives an idea of how disgusting fur is, along with the people who wear it.
Animals killed for fur might be caught in agony and terror in hunters traps before they are killed or live their whole wretched lives in tiny wire cages. Foxes used to roaming for kilometers every day in the wild go mad from the confinement. Some animals resort to self-mutilation and cannibalism. Injuries are left and untreated and everything that makes life worth living is denied these defenseless creatures. In the end they might be anally or vaginally electricuted.
Various animal groups protested from about 5 to 10 pm. One group had banners that read "The company of blood, Fendi, the city of blood, Seoul." Protesters also chanted slogans at guests walking onto the access path to the floating island.
Although news reports say there were no incidents, one KARA supporter heard someone from the Floating Island use the F word against protesters, to which a protester replied "Same to you!" It seems the animosity was mutual between those who support torturing animals for trivial vanities or to make money and those who prefer to live ethically.
(Reuters)
What is painful about all of this, however, is that South Korea is one of the world's largest fur processors. It is also one of the largest markets for Fendi’s fur! Wealthy Koreans without a conscience might pay up to $200,000 for a fur coat. In fact, Fendi is expecting its sales to triple in Korea by the end of 2011.
So while the Fendi protest got some media attention, what we really need is a massive nationwide campaign against fur.
Sources:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110602/lf_afp/lifestylefashionskoreaitalyfendi
http://tribune.com.pk/multimedia/slideshows/180897/?sms_ss=twitter&at_xt=4de8239c067489a5,0
http://www.ecouterre.com/fendi-sheds-fur-for-floating-island-show-at-seoul/
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