Mary Tyler Moore Quotes

Many years ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders. One day my hand touched one of the fox's legs. It seemed to be in two pieces. Then it dawned on me.... her leg had probally been snapped in two by the steel trap that had caught it.

[Fur] is really ridiculous. It's outrageous. We're not living in igloos. We don't need to trade pelts anymore. There is this diabolical idea that fur is fashionable. It's not. It's death. There's no excuse for it.

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.

Abuse yourself all you want - just leave animals out of it. Don't wear fur.

Saving animals is as simple as choosing synthetic alternatives instead of real fur.

I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.

I don't think a living being should suffer for the sake of fashion, period. End of story. You don't have to kill an animal just because you want to be hot and fly. And I really stand by that.

We cannot have two hearts, one for the animals and one for men. In cruelty towards the former and cruelty to the latter there is no difference but in the victim.

I believe that mink are raised for being turned into fur coats. And if we didn't wear fur coats, those little animals would never have been born!

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear.

Protecting animals is very important to me, and I think speaking out against fur is an amazing cause.

Not only is fur cruel, it's also totally gross. I mean, who wants to wear the skin of an abused animal? Not me!

I think I had a fur coat that someone bought me from Portobello Market back in the 1960s, but I think as soon as you think about it, what it is you're wearing, make that connection, then you realise it's just not right. I don't lecture people about it, but it's not something I'd ever wear.

It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

Since I was a little kid, I was against fur. I never wore fur in my life.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and clothes and even handbags, the discussion of fur is childish.

You can get fake fur, which, if that's what you want - if you want that fur look - it looks just the same. It's really unnecessary to skin an animal when you can get something that looks just the same without hurting anything.

Any abuse of animals is the same as abuse of men, women, or children.

I've never worn fur, either. I'm a naturally squeamish person, and fur smells like dead animal to me.

The raccoons, foxes, beavers, chinchillas, minks, rabbits, and yes, sometimes even dogs and cats that are killed for fur are not very different from your beloved dog or cat. They all have eyes, ears and hearts. They all experience pain when they are physically maimed. They shake with fear when they experience terror.

When I see someone wearing fur, I just want to sit them down in front of one of PETA's videos and show them just how badly animals suffer for this supposed fabric that no one needs.

I've had my run-ins with department stores, like Harrods, which stopped selling fur coats, but I found some there with fur trim, which is just as disgusting. Foie gras production is appalling - there's no excuse for selling it.

The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick.

My God, he looks like he's beating a chicken.