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Fur Throws
Fur throw rugs are among the
softest rugs there is. The most common seen on television is
the fur of a bear. The rug has the size to be a rug and also
has the texture to be soft to the bare feet and comfortable to
lie on. Unique in their own way, fur rugs can be almost as
expensive as afghan rugs.
Fur rugs are most appealing
when used in log cabins, for they have a connection to the
wildlife and add to the surrounding atmosphere that you are
free from the conforms of society and city-life. The animals
that “donate” their fur for the purpose of rugs are mostly seen
as trophies to experienced hunters and taxidermists. It is
often a prize to shoot a 900 lb. Bear and live to tell the
tale, for it is not the bear that you have to worry about, but
you do have to worry about dying trying to haul the bear out of
the woods.
The history of throw rugs is
unique in its own way. When people first colonized, they used
fur as clothing and a source of heat preservation. They would
also have wanted a way to keep their feet warm when they wanted
to go barefoot in the inside of their homes. Thus, people
started using the fur of animals as rugs.
This was before the time of
mass production and industrialization, so there was no other
means to make a rug unless you had the skill to knit/sew/stitch
it with your own hands. Because most men were require to hunt
while women made clothes and such by knitting, men living alone
would often improvise and use the fur as an alternative to
making their own rugs by and when they had neither the time nor
the skill to do so.
Many protestors have argued
that killing an animal to use its fur for that purpose is
inhumane. It is the cause of needless torture on another soul
and it should be stopped. Though many people agree, companies
still use animals for the purpose of fur for coats, shoes,
scale-produced legs, and many other needless forms of apparel
that only constitute fashion and nothing more. Through the
arguments that these protestors have produced, laws have been
made to limit the production of skins, but the banning of
animals for fur has not been enforced into
law.
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