Chief Rabbi says it is OK to kill animals for fur

Now don't worry little critter. We are going to skin you and take your fur. But it won't hurt a bit. Because... FIRST WE ARE GOING TO KILL YOU.

RABBI BANS 'LIVING' FUR

February 21, 2007 -- JERUSALEM - Jews must not wear fur skinned from live animals, Israel's chief rabbi said in a religious ruling yesterday.

"All Jews are obliged to prevent the horrible phenomenon of cruelty to animals and be a 'light onto nations' by refusing to use products that originate from acts which cause such suffering," Rabbi Yona Metzger said.

Animal-rights campaigners in Israel and abroad say that animals are skinned alive at fur farms in China.

The ruling stopped short of banning the use of fur from animals skinned after they were slaughtered.

And yes, Heather Mills McCartney has position on this issue that is morally superior to that of the Chief Rabbi of the State of Israel.