Dear Editor:

With dismay, disgust and disbelief we read Evelyn Jacob's interview with Constantine Pappas in the Dec. 2 issue of the News,

Being members of several organizations against cruclty to animals and of The Fur-Bearers, the local organization against trapping, we were surprised to learn that most of us are ‘'stu- dents, unemployed or on welfare,”’ according to Pappas.

The fact is that most of us are tax-paying, law-abiding — citizens, from all walks of life; we count among our members doctors, lawyers, teachers, and, yes, also students and the unemployed.

By accepting Pappas’ statement at face value, Ms Jacob unfortu- nately gives your readers a warped version of the truth.

The same holds true with regard to ‘most of us being meat- eaters."" How does Pappas know that? Has he talked with any of us? Fact is that most of us are vegetarians fighting against all forms cf cruelty, and not only to animals,

Pointing the finger at one form of cruelty (in the meat industry) as Pappas does, does not justify the

Animals have rights

Dear Editor:

Regarding the Dec. 2. article about Constantine Pappas, 1 would like to especially comment on a statement of Pappas’: *'Their life has been given to them so they can produce furs.’”

Let us compare his philosophy on the Earth's creatures with that of other men of their times whose words are still quoted today:

Charles Darwin: ‘‘The love for all living creatures is the most no- ble attribute of man’” (note the word ‘‘living'’).

Albert’ Schweitzer: ‘‘i1 is the fate of every truth to be an object of ridicule when it is first’ ac- claimed. It was once considered foolish to suppose that black men were really human beings and ought to be treated as such, He (an ethical man) does not ask how far this or that life deserves sym- pathy nor how far it is capable of feeling. To him life as such is sacred.””

James A. Mitchener: ‘‘Every animal that walks on earth, o7 swims, or flies is precious beyond description, something so rare and wonderful that it equals the stars or the oceans or the mind of man.””

[ could go on quoting Mark Twain, Queen Victoria, Lord Byron, Richard Wagner, Abraham Lincoln, Longfellow, Jacques Cousteau, David Suzuki, Diane Fossey, Ghandi — all were fasci- nated with the wonderous marvel of life, all advocating animals as having a right to live their own life.

4nd 1 rather think that in a hundred (no, five!) years from now Mr. Pappas’ words will not be remembered or quoted. Mrs. N. Mason President Mercy Volunteers for Society

Animals

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incredible cruelty of trapping that still happens on a wide scale in the fur business, despite Pappas’ claims that most animals are ran- ch-raised.

And has Ms Jacob not heard that members of the royal families in several European countries now also abstain from wearing furs? Or is she so blinded by the (bloody) smell of ‘success’? that such facts seem irrelevant?

lt is also indicative of the im- moral practices in which the Pap- pas clan was/is involved when he shamelessly confesses that his grandfather started out bootlegg- ing whisky for fur with B.C. natives. Did it never occur to Ms Jacob that this is a clear indict- ment against the fur industry whose aim it was to get the natives addicted to alcohol thus assuring the industry of a regular

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Finally, the fact that Pappas hired Staffone to advertise his coats is hardly surprising ~~ given Sly’s disrespect’ for life as is abundantly clear from his interest in a timber wolf coat (yet another endangered species) and from his vulgar and violent films. Robert and Yasuyo Bossharat North Vancouver Editor's Note:

The Fur Kine was presented as a feature profile of a long-time successful business and the person who heads that business. ft was not meant as an examination of the morality or immorality of the fur industry. The views expressed within the profile were those of Mr. Constantine Pappas. Any comments regarding ‘the warped version of the truth’ should be directed to Mr. Pappas.

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