Since the 18th century, human beings have worn animal fur to be protected from the cold weather and, as time passed by, these kinds of clothes became popular among richer people and it became a status symbol.
Therefor, from that time up to the 20th century, the fur industry has been increasing and lots of animals were killed in a tremendously suffered way. Fur farmers used to practice the cruelest kinds of killing such as suffocation, electrocution and a method named steel-jaw traps, which closes on animal´s legs violently, often cutting their bone.
Consequently, some kinds of animals went through extinction, such as the tigers.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the tiger population was more over 100,000, but this number has been getting smaller, between 1,500 and 3,500.
Because it was so used in the name o fashion, some animals rights organisations, such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and famous people, such as Gisele Bündchen and Paul McCartney, started some campaigns against the use of fur clothes and thousands of counterparts all over the world have joined this movement.
It is clear, therefore, that not only animal rights organisations and famous people need to be engaged on this campaign, but also that the fur industry needs to be more aware of their work against the environment.
Only when people change their way of buying clothes and become more conscious of animals lives, will the fur industry stop producing fur clothing and the extinction will decrease.
