Real Tails? Faux Tails?

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So in the Tails topic, people have been talking about buying taxidermed fox tails, and so I wanna know what you think (And keep the other thread on topic)

Well, I think it all depends on how its done. I'm very against hunting, and killing animals for fashion puropses, but some people find animals killed on the road and taxidarm that. My kudos go to those people because I don't think their death should go to waste, and left alone, they'd just decompose (And it must be hard to work with them squished like that).

As for me, I wouldn't buy a real animal tail either way because I wouldn't know whether they did it in a way that I approved of (They could say anything about how they got it)

Nothing at all wrong with faux fur (Pronounced "fou" not "fox")

[Righteousbro]

I'd definitely have faux. Like you, I wouldn't want to think that most likely it was killed in a slaughterhouse.
And anyway, I don't see what the big difference is other than the fact that the real tail would be expensive and slightly more fashionable, and I don't really care how fashionable something is as long as I like it 

[Ares the Ram]

i say, s'long as they go out and hunt/kill/skin/taxiderm it themselves, its fine. buying real from a store, not fine. 

[FoXTAlL]

(I know I`'m late but I really wanted to get in on this discussion)


Well it seems that I stick out like an unbroken arm in a Steaven Seagal movie here, I do own and wear a real fox tail. However, I do understand the point all of you are making, which is why I asked the vendor they said that they get their tails from coat factories that were getting rid of them (as in land-fill) so I figured that it was ok. I wouldn't buy a tail if the animal had been killed for the sole reason of someone wanting a tail. So am I ok?

[juut]

I do have fox tails here, bought before I realized they probably came form cage bred foxes but I won't buy any more. These will stay though, throwing them out would make their deaths even more pointless.

Aside from that, I don't have problems with using real fur when it's from animals slaughtered for their meat. Like it or not, they will be killed, unless the whole world follows my example and goes veggie, and we'd better use every last part of them if we are so damn sure we have a right to kill them.


I myself skin and tan any roadkill I find, everyone I know collects dead animals for me  , the best way to get fur if you ask me. The compost heap here if full of hares and birds that found their end on the road.

[Morticia]

I bought two tails from a dealer at Anime Punch '09. I do believe they might be dyed fox fur-- s'what it feels like to me though I can't say. All I know is that they're real fur and I love wearing them.

I've always been a HUGE fan of taxidermy and fur coats, hats, etc. Don't get me wrong, I love animals with all my heart but I also love the art form. Death brings about a beautiful piece of art-- though I suppose this is how one views it. Being from an area where hunting is commonplace and living in the woods surrounded by animals my whole life, I've collected bits of roadkill and the like and made little trinkets out of them.

Just my opinion.

[Birlioz]

I feel the same way.

I am not against fur or leather or any type of animal-made thing, but I cannot buy fur without feeling guilty that this animal was /possibly/ cruelly treated. Even if it was found on the side of the road, there in no way is a surefire way to tell if it was cruelly treated or humanely euthanized, or found.

So I stick to fake stuff now, but that doesn't entirely stop me from buying leather. Most leathers come from deer and other animals that are normally just shot, so I have less of a guilt trip. And my boyfriend works in a leather shop, I'm at the Renaissance Faire all day long... leather becomes a sort of necessity/common sight. Yes, I own a fox pelt, but it's for art studies. Yes, I used to buy tails, but I gave them all away and started making my own out of yarn, so that I can get the realistic look of tails but still be eco friendly.

[ZergDaeva]

I would go for faux.  I think if you told most people you were wearing a real tail, they might be like "ugh... what?"  If you love to be your character, than don't support harm to your fellow foxes.  I'm a PETA person, and you don't want to know where a lot of fur comes from...

[Morticia]

I would go for faux.  I think if you told most people you were wearing a real tail, they might be like "ugh... what?"  If you love to be your character, than don't support harm to your fellow foxes.  I'm a PETA person, and you don't want to know where a lot of fur comes from...

LOL PETA.

As if they're any better. They're a crazy lobbyist party that harms animals for their own profit. :C

[ZergDaeva]

I would go for faux.  I think if you told most people you were wearing a real tail, they might be like "ugh... what?"  If you love to be your character, than don't support harm to your fellow foxes.  I'm a PETA person, and you don't want to know where a lot of fur comes from...

LOL PETA.

As if they're any better. They're a crazy lobbyist party that harms animals for their own profit. :C

Really?  Wow... I had no idea they were so messed up.  Not to bad a resource for Vegan info though.