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Contents 4 EDITOR’S LETTER
7 Fresh In Flesh
9 TOP CASES
11 More than Pleasure
13 editorial
21 torture 1o1
25 mother!
27 saw
29 Interview
31 trophies
33 beware of what you wear.
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EDITORS
LETTER To My Dear Troubled Readers,
It’s
disturbing
my
pleasure
toìcs
that
to
still
take
you
haunts
on
us
in
a
tour the
of
21st
Century, from deranged mental conditions to forms of torture used in the medival times, because we all know they were more hard-core than the ones the use nowadays (although, it is kind of illegal now). You will also have exclusive images of “The Diablo”, a psychotic man who loves playing games in the woods. Rumour has it, his death count is a double digit. Now, if gruesome or disturbing topics isn’t your cup of tea, I’d recommend to put this down now,. Otherwise, be my guest and flick the page over. Yours Truly, A Neurotic Editor.
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ALBERT FISH (THE GREY MAN) sentenced for having either abused or eaten a child
“Everything in this room is edible, even *i’m* edible! But that is called “cannibalism” my dear children, and that is in fact frowned upon in most societies” -Willy Wonka
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FLESH IN THE FRESH
CANNIBALISM
One of the most rare
mental
health
fantasy-based.
A
well
known
conditions
case, Armin Meiwes, also known
Cannibalism.
as the “Rotenburg Cannibal”,
There have been a few cases
who killed and ate a voluntary
reported over the past
two
victim whom he found via the
decades, worrying but it is a
internet. Moving on, we have
state of mind, People believe
“gynophagia”. This one is a
that cannibalism is just the
bit shocking. A sexual fetish
craving of human flesh. They
that
are
cooking
would
be
not
in
the
wrong
but
involves and
fantasies
consuming
females.
Distrubing enough, there are
sub-type
quite a few
types of clinical
even worse than the main one
cannibalism.Let’s starts with
actually.“Parthenophagia”,
the
the practice of eating young
documented
one,
“Erotophonophilia”
(lust
murder). This type
consists
girls
for
or
famous
is
human
they are not correct either.
most
There
of
this
even
case,
also
a
category,
virgins. Albert
A
Fish,
in a sexual paraphilia, where
also known as “The Grey Man,
an
Warewolf
of
Brooklyn
Vampire,
and
individual violent
typically
has
extreme
fantasies,
The
The Moon
their
Maniac, and The Boogey Man”.
victims during sex. They can
A child rapist and cannibal.
also end up mutilating their
Disturbing, but I bet you are
victims’
it
enjoying this with that sick
in
head of yours. Last but not
some cases, erotophonophiles
least, “Sexual Autophagy”, I
will
their
assume you are smart enough
victim’s body, usually, post-
tp figure this one out. Very
mortem. Next up in the list,
self-explanatory
we
ask
has
sexual
been
part
have an
sexually idea
eating
organs,
reported
eat
When
the
killing
and
Wysteria,
that
of
“Vorarephilia”. individual aroused of
another
is
by
either;
being
eaten,
person
and/
or observing this process for sexual gratification. Most of the verophiles behaviour are
of for
me.
eating sexual
painful like
This
the
hungry?
if
one
your
consists own
pleasure.
but... pain?
you
Who
flesh Sounds
doesn’t
Now,
who’s
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TOP CASES OF
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FAMILY
MAUEROVA & MIWAUKEE CANNIBAL
At the very top of the ranking we
have Ms Mauerova and her family. A family
custody. What a lovely family tale, I bet the kids were sweet as candy.
who claim that they were brainwashed by a so-called “Doctor”, but were also part of a
Next on the list, we have
the famous
cult. Funny, they are just as sick as you
sexual
cannibal;
serial
all. Mother, Kiara and her sisters, were
Dahmer.
Known
his
sentenced for; skinning mother’s 8 years old
count of 17 men and boys deaths. He engaged
Ondrej and her 10 years old Jakub. But that
cannibalistic and necrophilic acts from 1978
is not where the story ends. Kiara and her
to 1991. Now, thats what I call insanity
family locked the two kids in a cellar at their
but
home. Not only did she skin the boys alive,
diagnosed
but also fed the family members with their
disorder, schitzotypal personality disorder
flesh, as well as whipped them with belts,
and psychotic disorder, he was found legally
burnt their bare skin with cigarettes. and
sane at his trial. Okay hold on a second,
to top it off she tried to drown the boys.
who
It has been reported that the court heard
the Judge and jury if you ask me. He was
how the family had sexually abused the kids
obviously
and made them cut themselves with knives.
the test of insanity, and found guilty of
They were help captive and chained. This
15 of the 16 murders he had committed in
story only came out thanks to the family’s
Wisconsin.
neighbours- a couple with a new born. The
of life imprisonment in 1992 and then was
couple recently bought a tv baby monitor to
sentenced for this 16th murder a year after.
keep an eye on their baby. As per usual, tv
He unfortunately died beaten up by a fellow
baby monitors can pick up signal from others
inmate in 1994. May the devil guide him
if they are relatively close, which is what
through hell. Now, I could keep going on and
happened to the couple, as they witnessed
on about cannibal cases, but there is more
Ondrej beaten up, nacked and chained. As
to read in this magazine and the next topic
soon as they could, the couple called the
kind of relates to the previous article. May
police and the kids were taken away and the
you continue.
3 sisters (mother included) were taken into
although
is
for
the
with
the
killer
double-digit
Milwaukee
convicted
one
as
was
personality
here?-
he
death
Cannibal
borderline
insane
Jeffrey
did
definitely
not
pass
He was sentenced to 15 terms
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“Nymphomanic: A as obsessed with sex as an avarage man”
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Today,
this
addiction
goes
by
the
name
of
“Hypersexuality”. In other words, for those who have less knowledge on the matter, Nymphomania for women or Satyriasis for men. Someone who is sentenced to crave sex all the time. Here is the thing, as good as sex may be, we all get tired round after round, day after day, or maybe it’s just me... It doesn’t sound as bad as other addictions, correct? Fact is, nymphos or should I say, the people who suffer hypersexuality are like that in order to escape, to detach from stress and or
NYMPHOMANIA
More Than An Addiction...
psychological displeasure; which can also include pain from unsolved childhood trauma. Hypersexuality is still today, an enigma. It’s a primary condition or rather say, symptoms of other conditions, such as Klüver- Bucy or Bipolar Disorder. Hypersexuality can also be a side effect of drugs, medication for Parkinson shows this and so does hormones. Therapists and clinicians see it as an addiction rather than a disorder as it could be classified as an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Back in the days, doctors believed that if women were fed with rich food, consumed too much chocolate, dwelled on impure thoughts, read novels, or performed “secret pollutions” (in other words, masturbation)... it would overstimulate women’s delicate nerve fibers and would lead them to nymphomania. If you ask me, they’re just addicts, nothing more nothing less.
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MEDIVAL 1O1
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DO IT YOURSELF
the heretic’s fork
Let’s start with an easy going one. The
they are well wrapped. Next step, sit your
Heretic’s
bad,
victim on a chair for an easier angle to
right? Wrong. It’s actually painful, but
place your homemade device. Then, place
that’s an understatement. Didn’t they have
the
manners? Forks are meant to be a used at
chin, right on top of the adam’s apple
the dinner table...
and make sure your victim is looking up.
fork.
Doesn’t
look
too
forks
straight
under
the
victims’s
Following that, get the duct-tape and wrap Anyways, back to business. I’m going to
it around the victims neck very tight.
teach
with
Give it a few layers to make it stronger
things you can find at home. What you’ll
and voilà, your own homemade heretic fork.
need is: 2 forks (pointy ones for more
Oh, and don’t forget the one rule. Victim
efficiency),duct-tape, and a victim. Start
will only be released once he pronounces
by wrapping the the forks together, each
the following words- “I recant”.
one facing opposite directions. Make sure
May you enjoy the game.
you
how
to
do
this
devide
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the scold’s bridle
This device is for those who have been
and
make marks of it. Get the hot glue
unfaithful, or those who have sold their
gun ready, and start gluing the marked
bodies for money. Used as a form of torture
points. Put the blades on the glue and
and humiliation. This device requires more
seal the edges with more glue. Make sure
equipments, but you can still find the
they are strongly secure and let it set.
supplies at your local store. You will
Once it’s dry, place the device around
need: a small size belts,
stanly knives
the victims head. Be easy with the victim
(the more the better and the painful it’ll
to begin with, and let the blade dig in
be), and a hot clue gun. Start by taking
the skin softly. It’s all about the time
the blades out of the wooden handles and
with torture after all. Keep tightening
put them aside. Next, get the belt and
the belt every half hour until you reach
wrap it around the victim’s head, make
the tightest hole. Once you reach that
sure it fits and if it doesn’t, mark it
point, sit back and relax. The show has
with a pen and make a hole. Measure on the
just begun.
belt where the corners of the mouth are
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the saw
Okay, I’ll be realistic with this one.
a bucket, placed under the body before
Maybe it wont’t be as easy as not everyone
you begin. This way, it
owns a saw but to be fair, you can still
immaculate finish
get one from the store. You will only need
clean once all the blood is drained out of
three things for this; A pull-up bar, some
the victim’s body. Once you are half way
ropes,
by
through the body you may stop. Although,
hanging up your victim upside down and tie
if you victim can’t take pain well enough,
the victim’s feet to the pull-up bar (you
stop cutting half way through the first
may need help of a chair to complete the
half of the body. Otherwise, you won’t be
challenge). Next step, get your butchers
able to watch the spectacle, as the victim
outfit ready and begin with the slaughter.
might be dead by that point. Take it easy
Place
and feel the satisfaction.
and
the
of
saw
course,
a
inbetween
saw.
the
Start
victim’s
legs and saw away. It would be better to cover the floor with plastic sheets and
will give an
and it’ll be easier to
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“You never loved me. You just loved how much I loved you” -Mother
Movie Review
Where do I begin? Throughout the first
took it.
half of the movie I believed it was about
The way in which Mother! escalates is quite
an odd couple with a huge age difference
fast, hard to keep up, a dark dream which
that had the usual ups and downs like normal
“Mother” (Jennifer Lawrence) cannot wake up
couples have. Guess not. It was more fucked
from. Too many things happen at once leading
up than that, just like you guys. Mother!
your anxiety to the very top. If you have
is a psychological thriller that surrounds
religious knowledge it should be a piece
the area of love and sacrifice, starring
of cake to make all of the connections and
Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris
realise all of the symbols.
and
by
It was a really good movie, as disturbing as
Darren Aronofsky, (Black Swan and Requiem
you all are, and makes the perfect match,
of a Dream).
does it not? I would recommend you to watch-
It’s such a unique film with so many little
it’s not as unpleasant as other horror movies
details that slowly lead you to the end
but
and gives out clues of how the movie will
They’ve only categorised is as such because
conclude. As it continues, different ideas
it’s a mind game and not suitable for all
pop into my mind on how the story will end
audiences. If you ever watch Mother! make
and just when I believed I understood the
sure you have plenty of snacks, you will
meaning of the movie; I was wrong, I was
need them for the anxiety you’ll suffer.
close,
Enjoy.
Michelle
but
Pfeiffer,
not
close
and
directed
enough.
Truth
is,
the truth is, it is not a horror movie.
religion studies would’ve helped to fully understand this movie but too bad I never
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THE SAGA 26
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Movie Review “Hello, I want to play a game”.
choice can save only two players but only
He goes by the name of “Jigsaw”. A
if he crushes his own hand first. Nasty.
psychopath serial killer on the loose. If he
Secondly, we have The Silent Circle. Theres
finds you, you’ll end up in a filthy toilet
a key on a fish hook, that hook is then
chained to the pipes... or worse. “Saw” is
all the way down player 1’s throat. Player
all about choices and whether you’ve been
2 then has to get the key out in order to
good or bad. Jigsaw believes that if you
release player 1 but there’s one condition,
don’t appreciate life, you do not deserve
player 1 can’t scream or shout if he or she
one.
Wan,
does, a circle of spikes moves closer and
one of his many horror movies, including
closer to their throat and well, you can
“Insidious” and “The Conjuring”, as well as
guess how it ends... Next death trap could
many other directors who contributed in the
possibly be one of the worst ones, Pound
production of the saga.
of Flesh. If you are as creative as Jigsaw
A
film
by
directed
by
James
you
could
probably
figure
this
one
out.
Saw is a franchise of a total of 6 movies,
There are 2 players, each one have to cut
Saw 3D and Jigsaw- a recently released movie
their own flesh and place them on a scale,
that covers the decade of Jigsaw as a serial
the one that weighs less, dies. Nice and
killer. Produced by Lionsgate and distributed
tasty that is. Moving on, we have Blind vs
by TwistedPictures, ironic is it not? It’s
Mute. There are 2 players, player 1 has his
been called one of the most gruesome series
mouth stitched up and player 2 has his eyes
of all time, filled with torture-
thats
stitched up. Both chained from their neck to
why it deserves to be mentioned in this
each other. Their key to freedom is placed
magazine, I’m all about torture and so are
behind their necks but the issue is how will
you. All death traps used are well creative
they communicate? To end this gruesome guide
and disturbing, I must compliment Jigsaw for
of death traps, I’ll finish off with the
his abundance of creativity on this one. H
worst one out of them all. The Rack. Picture
I’m a huge fan of his work. As he says
this, one by one, a victim’s extremities are
“cherish your life” otherwise, he’ll be on
each rotated full on 360 degrees, cracking
the haunt for you.
all of the muscle and bone in the process. The last step, the neck, which ultimately
Let’s talk about what my favourite death
decapitates the body.
traps are throughout the franchise. Now, who wants to play a game? To
begin
Shotgun
with,
Roulette.
something This
trap
easy-ish, doesn’t
The save
anyone from pain, although you can survive but
probably
end
up
bleeding
to
death.
There are seven players, six on chairs and one makes the decision. The one making the
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MAITE ESTEBAN INTERVIEW
Psychoanalyst & Psychologist
“Proud that my absence was indifferent to you”
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- Why did you go for psychoanalysis?
I
chose
psychoanalysis
because
I
was
-What are the differences between them?
always curious on matters about love and desire,
it seems like choices aren’t always easy for the
main one between Neurotic and Psychotic. A big
one choosing as its usual to find within them
difference is the way in which a subject relates
contradicctions, in a way in which our own acts
to their own body and they way they make social
are forgotten in the process as for the reason
bonds. In a psychosis, either one or both can be
we are doing them. My degree on psychology was
damaged, presenting a clinic where for example,
a complete disappointment,it wasn’t until I was
the other one can become a persecution where there
in the hospital doing my internship that I got
can be severe alterations of perception of its own
close to Freud’s work and things changed. I was
body.
very interested on what i
There are many, but I will tell you the
discovered and it was
there when my future changed direction onto what I
-Have you ever regretted your choice of becaming
would find myself doing in the future without even
what you are today?
noticing. That’s when I chose psychoanalysis, I
found proposals that were unknown to my knowledge
personal way. When you were younger, more or less
and questioned in an intelligent way important
7 years old, I got back one day from work and you
matters to us humans.
asked me
I’m going to answer this question in a very
“what is it that you love the most in
this world?” and without a doubt I said you and -Have you ever hadd such a bad case/patient, whos
intead of hugging me you asked a smart question,
condition was hard to deal with? If so, what was
you said “Then, why do you spend so much time at
the patiends condition and how did you deal with
work?” i could see you were curious and I was
it?
the one who gave you a hug proudly. Proud that
Of course I’ve had patients with severe
my absence was indifferent to you, I then said
condions and I’ll keep on having them. Not always
to you taht in life we dont learn one lesson but
we can achieve a therapeutic relief, there arre
many, and that always recquire a distribution that
very complicated cases and for various reasons, it
can
can always happen that the patient shows progress
although I know I would’ve enjoy other carrers.
and then retrogress. Always varies from cases to
Maybe, what I would’ve liked to do without leaving
case. The metter is that we always have to bare in
psychoanalysis behind is to be a novelist.
be hard. I’ve never regretted Psycoanalysis,
mind the logic of the case. They parients need to know what they are talking about and they need to
-Who was your inspiration?
take care of it at their own pace as its differert
for everyone. It wouldn’t be the same for a patient
a great Psychoanalyst who passed away in 2006. His
facing a psychosis type or a neurotic type, which
enthuthiasm of learning about human subjectivity
are the bases of every clinical case.
was contagious, is an enthuthiasm that is still
Who inspired me was Jose Antonio Naranjo,
alive and hope it remains like that for a long -Are all conditions the same?
Absoloutely
not,
in
time. fact
there
is
no
patient identical to another no matter how similar their symptoms are. It’s all about finding each
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Beware of what you wear... Electrocution and torture to support the fashion industry.
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Animals are a huge part of our lives; yet, millions of animals are slaughtered specifically
Last Chance for Animals revealed results of
for the fashion industry every year. Minks,
a three-week investigation, where undercover
foxes, otters, wild cats, leopards and many
operatives
more are kept captive in cages to then brutally
raccoon
die, and all, for their precious fur. The issue
Investigators found out that raccoon dogs, or
with fur, is that we do not wear it to keep
should I say ‘asiatic raccoons’ according to
us warm anymore, it’s all about fashion and
Federal Trade Commission,
trend. In Britain, the fur industry is worth
barely bigger than their bodies and strained
over five-hundred million pounds per year and
to stand on piles of their own feces. Besides
globally, its worth almost seven billion pounds
that,
per year (Kill it, Skin it,Wear it, 2008).
mental or physical illness. Also, the raccoon
filmed
dogs
and
nearly
neglect foxes
every
and
in
torture
Shandong,
of
China.
are kept in cages
raccoon
showed
signs
of
dogs that died in captivity were then fed to the There are many documentaries about fur farms
others (Entertainment Close-up,2014). Yet, with
and retail, but not many seem to have actual
all this excruciating methods to produce fur
footage
to
garments, farmers in china (the world’s largest
slaughter the animal. Many farmers insist that
fur exploiter, get no penalties whatsoever for
their procedures are clean and humane, but why
their actions.
of
how
farmers
humanely
claim
aren’t reported allowed in to film it? I can only speculate. Only a few farmers who welcome
Moreover,
reporters, show the most merciful ways the kill
February
the animals.
of
The documentary Kill it, Skin it,
fur
a
report
that
was
released
Norwegians
industry.
The
support
majority
of
last
26th
abolition Norwegian
Wear it proves that many fur farms shut their
population believe that the government should
doors to Merrilees Parker. Why? Easy, because
ban the fur industry. The survey that had been
there
done
is
no
such
thing
as
killing
animals
without pain.
for
the
first
time
in
November
2016,
shows roughly the same results and the latest survey, it shows how the citizens in Oslo and
There are quite a few horrific ways in which the
other towns have become more against it and the
poor animals are killed. The most common one,
resistance of the people living in the villages
electrocution. Farmers insert metal bars down
had reduced. As majority speaks louder, the
the animal’s mouth and into the anus, these metal
ruling parties had agreed to shut all fur farms
bars are often connected to car batteries. This
by
method does not kill the animal, it paralyses
to phase out fur industry, this concerned the
them
creatures
fur producers but have been welcomed by animal
alive (Enteretainment Close-up,2014). Most of
rights charities. The decision was published in
these animals are born in captivity or hunted
a government declaration last January.
whilst
the
farmers
skin
the
and are sentenced to live their miserable lives in a cage.
2025.
The
Norwegian
government
affidavit
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To continue with this insanity of animal
ever Italian brand after Armani to be fur-
cruelty, huge influential designers, such
free.
Karl Lagerfeld ( Chanel and Fendi), are in
abolishing animal cruelty in March 2016. The
favour of fur farms. Lagerfeld said in a
fashion house, will soon arrange an auction
radio interview for The Telegraph, “beasts
for the leftover animal fur.
in the wild would kill us if they could”
coming
from
referring to the animals that are apparently,
rights
organisations
dangerous enough to kill us.
International and Liga Anti Vivisezione (
Armani,
declared
it
will
it’s
be
decision
The benefits
given
like
of
to
Humane
animal Society
LAV an Italian organisation). What’s more, He added in his interview that he does not
Kitty
wear fur himself, but an entire industry
International said “Gucci going fur-free is
depends on it. He insists that is childish
a huge game-changer. This move will have a
to even discuss the fur practice, when we
huge ripple effect throughout the world of
are
meat
fashion”. Soon enough, we will see how these
normal. Hunters in the north, “make a living
changes will affect us as consumer, if they
having learnt nothing else than hunting”.
do, and how it will affect the profit and
It is agreeable, that the fur industry does
sales of the fur industry.
make profit and create jobs for those living
will also unite to the Fur Free Alliance,
in the countryside. But there are ways, and
an aggregation of over forty organisations
there are ways. Farmers should come up with
known for their campings for animal welfare.
living
in
a
world
were
eating
Block,
President
of
Humane
Society
Besides, Gucci
a better solution to this issue. Torturing, electrocuting, and skin them alive is not
Another well known fashion house that went
the
Chinese
fur free, is Michael Kors. After the brand
farmers, as they are the worst exploiters
met with the PETA (The People for the Ethical
in the world.
Treatment of Animals) officials in 2017, the
way
However,
to
be
there
done.
are
Specially
designers
like
Gucci
American label
decided to go fur-free. This
that have stopped using fur in its products.
change would mean a huge impact for the
Marco
Chief
brand as it used to be frequently targeted
declared
by anti-fur-protestants. The organisations
that being socially liable is one of Gucci’s
called the news a “wonderful holiday gift
core values and that they will carry on to
for fur bearing animals”. Since Jimmy Choo
do what is best for the environment and
was recently-acquired to the brand, the ban
for
fur-free
on animal fur will also apply to them. Jimmy
collection will come out Spring/Summer 2018.
Choo is also satisfied to work along side
Once the viable collection is out in the
with Michael Kors and united, evolve away
market, Gucci will turn into the second-
from using animal fur in the future.
Bizazarri,
Executive
the
of
the
animals.
the
President
fashion
Gucci’s
house
first
and
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Nowadays,
houses
China. A country where animals are exploited
are going animal fur-free but yet, there
to death and never had chance to live outside
are still a few that refuse to change. It
a cage no bigger than two square feet. It
is obvious that the fur industry creates
is inhumane how some people are clueless
a lot of beneficial profits. In fact, the
about the matter yet continue to to wear fur
fur trade is worth more than twenty-four
and make themselves look like they support
billion pounds, roughly the same amount as
animal cruelty.
the global Wi-Fi market. What would happen
to skin an animal alive, would you still
if
wear fur?
fur
more
farms
and
are
more
fashion
completely
banned?
The
Inform yourself, I dare you
fashion industry would suffer of a huge loss as well as the workers that work in the fur farms. The International Fur Federation shows that in 2012 and 2013, the sale of fur were estimated at around thrity-six billion dollar,
whilst
the
farms
were
valued
at
almost eight billion dollars and the fur industry employs more than a million people. As CEO of IFF (International Fur Federation) Mark Oaten told The Telegraph, “It is easy to get caught up in the emotions that the business
can
generate,
but
the
truth
is
the fur trade is an economic cornerstone in Europe and beyond, much of the fashion and increasingly the soft furnishing world relies on fur- and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future”.
It is debatable whether the fur industry should come to an end or not, as previously mentioned, it would cause a huge loss, but at least until the industry is more regulated and new oainless methods are used to create fur garments, people should not be wearing fur. People do not realise where the fur is coming from, whether it is coming from a hunter’s shed or whether it is coming from
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