Maybe pointless trying to argue with some people with no compassion or heart. I am not obsessed with pessimistic conspiracy theories, just upset with 90% of the populations lack of compassion and complete and utter decadence. I read there are only 75,000 salties in Oz so not doing "exceedingly" well. Bearing in mind that the population was down to around 3,000 37 years ago. also bearing in mind the population does not have the same age balance as before ie will be several decades of good conservation before balance is restored so not "exceedingly well" in my book.
Where do you draw the line? clubbing baby seals the the tens of thousand for the fur? or intensively farming cats and dogs for fur with them piled on top of each other in cages? A crazy German scientist made furnishings and items out of human skin and he and some others would have though quite vogue at the time. Maybe some people would think that killing the seals would be good for fishing as more profit so win win? Maybe some people here would have wanted a nice human skin lamp if living in Germany at the time as quite fashionable in their social circle. Maybe some people would have been conscious enough to make up there own mind and do what reduces suffering. For me intensively farming endangered species for vane fashion reasons and farming intelligent mammals for their fashionable fur is where i draw the line. If all that some people care about is chasing a bit of paper with a bit of ink saying "$" on it and looking fashionable then good luck and hope have happy fulfiled life. There is even movements for the welfare of battery farmed chicken as extremely cruel. Some people with a little compasion draw their metaphorical line sooner rather than later.
