'Win It' Wednesday: Urban Outfitters PETA T-Shirt

I would never kill animal for "killer looks" for several reasons, but the main reason is that when I look into an animal's eyes, I see my reflection and they see mine. I would never do anything to erase one from the other. Animals are our cohabitants on this planet. We are what makes up a large pa

Humans are controlled by the mass media everyday and have adapted to the idea that our skin is 'sexy' and animal fur is even 'sexier' - the latest must have if you want to be accepted in the eyes of the world. In actuality, our skin is our shell; it encompasses and protects our insides; our spirit, heart, organs, and everything else we need to survive; our skin holds us together. What humans fail to realize is that an animal's skin does the same thing as our skin does for us and their fur is the outer layer that protects and regulates their bodies. We continuously take advantage of the defenseless nature of animals and deny them the right to keep their 'shell' because they do not have the ability to communicate in 'human terms' to defend themselves. Animals not only have beating hearts as we do, but they are capable of thought process, decision making, know how to raise their young, know what loss is when their young are taken from them and they know what pain and love is if and when they do happen to be touched by it. Animals have so much more ability than we are willing to give them credit for but we will never understand this if we are not willing to look in their eyes and see the life and soul beating inside of them and give them the respect they deserve. People would cringe at the thought of their 'pet' experiencing cruelty, but is it any different than the animals we murder and consume on a regular basis? If humans really feel the need to exploit animals and masquerade in their fur, they should wear the animal skin as is, as we human animals wear ours, and in that sense, i mean freshly skinned, dripping with blood if they really have the desire to know what it actually feels like to wear animal skin/fur. This would never be the case, because it is not sexy, it is repulsive. But humans cannot handle this truth so they turn a blind eye to the cruelty that is endured in this process. And in the end, that is exactly what skinning and defurring an animal is; a repulsive truth that needs to be brought to light.

Im not a murderer. God, I see these animals all around me. I have cats and dogs, How could I ever EVER walk around with dead cat or dog or fox or any other animal on my back? When I imagine their last mintues or hours, I see torturing, pain and fear. It must be so painful and impossibly terrifying to feel the dark around you, with hundreds and thousands of other animals, maybe even your family, around you, and they are screaming and being scared, too. Can those fur-lovers even imagine, how painful and torturing it is - to feel how your skin is being torn off while somebody has tied you up or stepped on your head, and you cant do ANYTHING to stop that and save yourself?? ;( Im only 15, but this subject really disturbs me...I could cry if I'd write more... ;( Im not wearing dead animals on me, and I never will. I dont want that kind of feeling on my soul.

I believe that humans have evolved since the caveman days. I am more intelligent and more creative than someone who steals an animal's coat to make their own. There's nothing pretty about cruelty.

I would never hurt an animal or kill he/she. I have read and seen so much animal cruelty, I can't even eat an animal. Animals have hearts and souls just the same as a human. An animal should never have to suffer cruelty from humas. Put it this way, if you want something to test on, test it on your own child. No one would. Let the animals roam freely :) <3