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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone’s Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She’s Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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When Zhenya found a picture of a wild sable online, she instantly fell in love with it and decided to learn more about it. Turns out, the wild animal has one of the most expensive kinds of fur in the world. The bloody fur industry finds it superior to that of other animals due to its silky texture and range of colors from beige to black.

In Russia, the demand for sable fur is growing as it’s used to produce items such as bedspreads and even underwear. According to reports, there are around 70 farms in the country that raise and kill wild sable and other furry animals. And that was the destiny of the beautiful animal Zhenya saw on the internet; to die and become someone else’s commodity.

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Determined to do her part in animal rescue, Zhenya set out to help the poor critter. “Eventually, I learned that there was an opportunity to buy her out from a fur farm,” the woman told Bored Panda. “She would have died there, so I decided to save the little fella.”

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Now, the two are living together and enjoying life to the fullest. However, Zhenya worked really hard for her exotic pet. “Umora has a difficult personality. Living in the fur farm really took a toll on her, so she’s quite emotional, sometimes even a bit hysterical. Umora is also a really playful pet – she’s cheeky and likes to steal stuff. She’s very active and smart as well.”

Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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All things considered, Zhenya even advises against keeping a sable as a pet. “One has to go through a lot before they can start living with it comfortably,” she said. “It requires a lot of time and patience. It might even take a couple of years for you to begin to fully enjoy your life with it.”

Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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In the wild, sables inhabit dense forests dominated by spruce, pine, larch, cedar, and birch in both lowland and mountainous terrain. Their home territories range from 4 to 30 square kilometers (1.5 to 11.6 sq mi) in size, depending on local terrain and food availability. However, when resources become scarce, they may move considerable distances in search of a bite, from 6 to 12 kilometers (3.7 to 7.5 mi) per day.

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Woman Rescues This Sable From Becoming Someone's Coat, Decides To Keep Her As A Pet Since She's Not Fit To Live In The Wild

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Sables live in burrows near riverbanks and in the thickest corners of woods. They are good climbers of cliffs and trees and primarily hunt during the hours of twilight, but become more active in the day during the mating season.

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Rokas Laurinavičius

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 300 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Foxxy 5 years ago

The only time I agree with people wearing animal skin or fur is if the WHOLE or majority of the animal is used ie for food, tools, clothing etc like what tribes do but not as a fashion statement and certainly not farming animals for their fur. It is despicable.

110points

Demi Zwaan 5 years ago (edited)

This and they should be housed and killed humanly! The biggest problem with the fur industry is the deplorable living conditions and the horrible, horrible way they are killed (often skinned alive and thrown on a big pile of dying mates to just bleed to death). If you give them a good life (as good as possible) and kill them quickly and painlessly, it's not worse than killing a cow or pig.

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Hans 5 years ago

Using e.g. leather from a cow mainly used for meat still means that the cow as a whole will generate more revenue, and this will in greater economic terms lead to more cows being slaughtered. I have stopped using leather products, both for ethical and for ecological reasons. Sometimes, alternatives are scarce, but it is possible.

7points

Sill Marien 5 years ago

I sort of can see your point Foxxy, I mean - it is logical. But I have stopped buying leather shoes or bags some years ago - I don't want to generate demand.

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

I agree 100%, as a vegan if i knew someone was hunting or raising their own for food and to use all the other bits, that is the answer to farmed animals.

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

I've never seen a sable before. What a gorgeous little creature. Should be an international ban on the production and sale of fur, under CITES laws.

88points

DC 5 years ago

Absolutely! They nearly p**s themselves for stuff like decades old guitars which were built from exotic woods (that weren't endangered then, or no one cared - anyway, they were built decades ago) and demand you having a lot of paperwork if you cross a border with one ... and don't ban fur. ... but, here we see a bit of double standard again: Which animal products are bad, which are good seems ot be based on the proportion of population using them ... while none of them really is justifyable under civilized conditions.

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TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

I owned a sable once. Not that great of a car but when it died I used it’s seat fabric to make a coat.

1point

Boaty McBoatface 5 years ago

Does that mean ugly animals can be killed? Only the gorgeous ones warrant protection? Good ol' charismatic megafauna.

-1point

Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Why does anyone wear fur is beyond me! We don't actually need it to get warm as there are so many many options to be warm without any real fur, and those fur coats don't even look good on people. They just look stupid IMO. So many other coats without fur that look amazing, why would you ever want fur? To show how rich you are?

55points

Chu Yue Ling 5 years ago

I understand what you mean, and personally I think wool is an excellent option over synthetics and fur. But fur coats have greater longevity and (used to be) v good quality. The warmth from plasticky coats doesn't compare to fur. Plus, a lot of warm coats these days are made with goose down, which involves extreme cruelty to birds. And of course, coats made of synthetics are part of a polluting fashion industry and have disastrous effects on the environment and indirectly cause loss of species. I don't wear fur whatsoever, but I'm just pointing out it's not so black and white. The big issue for me is breeding these animals in captivity, in gross conditions, then killing them inhumanely. Not to mention the many species extinguished for this reason already. This is vile. With wool, nothing is harmed. If flocks are.maintained properly on native ground, you literally have the most environmentally friendly material I can think of to work with. And it is more versatile than fur.

27points

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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Killing for food and even for leather can be considered necessary, but problem with fur is that killing is extremely inhumane and painful, it's something I will NEVER EVER support, no matter what. At least, if you kill, do it with mercy.

3points

Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago

and there is also synthetic fur, too.

0points

Iggy 5 years ago

That little face! Beautiful! The only heartbeat that should ever be under fur is the one belonging to the animal whose fur it is.

15points

Judi Orenshaw 5 years ago

Iggy, I agree with you totally!

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Baby Clanger 5 years ago

The fur always looks better on the animal it belongs on.

9points

Lea Springstead 5 years ago

This little one is so cute! It's like a cat, dog, and mouse all in one.

9points

Judi Orenshaw 5 years ago

Also possibly Ferret!

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Janine B. 5 years ago

She looks like an adorable lot of trouble.

8points

glowworm2 5 years ago

I'm so glad that this adorable little girl didn't get made into a coat!

8points

Phantom Captain 5 years ago

What a cutie. I'm so happy she saved this little one.

7points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

Umora must be the luckiest sable on the planet. She is adorable. Cheers to her and Zhenya.

7points

Aunt Messy 5 years ago

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SkyTheImaginer 5 years ago

I don't understand why there are fur farms anymore. Faux can achieve almost exactly the same feeling as real fur.

6points

KT Trondsen 5 years ago

OMG why would someone ever turn something so sweet into a coat!?

4points

TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

To look fancy I’m guessing

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Michelle Muirhead 5 years ago

When I think of the cruelty to the poor animals it just sickens me. Vanity, fashion and inhumanity to think you look fantastic in a poor animal’s skin that was ripped off them. Thank you to the lass who saved this poor soul.

3points

Sill Marien 5 years ago

Western people do not need fur! Come on! (Yes Russians too). What are you - tribesmen living in the woods? We have so many great warm fabrics now and somehow this fur stupidity continues in so many places :(

3points

Thunder 5 years ago

SO. CUTE. TOO CUTE TOO CUTE HELP TOO CUTE F*CKING HELL! (Ok, enough internet for today) But seriously, it’s so sad that if she didn’t do something this little thief would be a coat. That’s horrible...

2points

Sumpatjd Knudson 4 years ago

Love this story and this sable is so cute my wife and I can’t stand it!!!

1point

tuzdayschild 5 years ago

What a sweet little thing.

1point

Tamara Bradshaw 5 years ago

I wonder how tame they can be? It’s like a kitty, puppy. So cute. There’s no need to wear real fur. Faux fur looks just as good.

1point

Cenk Karaferya 5 years ago

What is that? A small bear? Too cute!!! How can people kill this beauty? No one needs fur!!! Period!!!

1point

Karla Jaldin Otero 5 years ago

omg !! I cant believe I say this but...these are more cute than cats

1point

SBW71 5 years ago

What a gorgeous animal!!

1point

Coco 5 years ago

Sadly she had to publish this and in a very fashionably manner. Now we will have a ton of brainless instagrammers trying to get one as pet. :(

1point

LessaltEDM 5 years ago

Puppy!!!!!!

1point

jknbt jknbt 5 years ago

want one

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

ok they're cute, but its a WILD ANIMAL. you shouldn't keep it at home.

1point

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)

Kjorn, this little sable was likely born into captivity and never knew nothing more than a tiny squalid cage before it was rescued. I highly doubt the animal would have faired well at all if it were released back into the wild. Having spent its life in a cage, it would likely lack many of the basic instincts needed to survive. The owner and rescuer of this little sable even explains that these creatures should not be kept as pets. This was a situation where she rescued the sable and is giving it a loving and caring life knowing that there is no way the creature would survive in the wild.

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Michelle Chevalier 5 years ago

Too cute!

1point

Karen DeJesso 3 years ago

I tried to save a mink caught in a let trap in a creek here in the US - the police came and said they would arrest me if I released the animal as once it was caught in the trap it was legally considered the trap owners property. The traps were not properly labeled so I don’t know what the police did with it - I told the officer he had no heart or soul.

0points

Michael Capriola Jr. 4 years ago

Lookit the shedding on the sofa. OMG. Teach the sable to use the hoover. :)

0points

Amélie Bougie 4 years ago

I never look close to sable's paws : impressive!

0points

K Miller 4 years ago

OK, now I want a Sable

0points

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0points

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0points

Weim Central 4 years ago

Thank you for having a furry heart!

0points

Rita Primeau 5 years ago

I wonder if this animal is related to what we call Fisher in Canada..... It seems to resemble it a lot? Does anyone know?

0points

Maureen Heartwood 4 years ago

Yes, sables are mustelids like fishers are. Also in that family: weasels, otters, ferrets, mink and wolverines, among others.

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未周陸 5 years ago

Wondering how long it took them to Live Happily Together After ......

0points

Katinka Min 5 years ago

Very courageous to take on such a task. The super duper cute pictures are not showing how difficult it must be to keep a wild animal in your home. I understand the appeal fo real fur - it does feel amazing. But, my God, the price to your soul, to enjoy that kind of suffering without needing to.

0points

Kendra Keller 5 years ago

Whoa! What is that thing! Why is it not domesticated yet? That thing looks like it's shaped to just lay down! Also looks super soft! Why is that not a Household pet!? Someone answer these questions

0points

Maureen Heartwood 4 years ago

They make really terrible pets. They steal stuff, they stink, they're very smart so they get bored and into mischief easily, they love to bite, they're escape artists - and probably a bunch of other things I don't know about. I owned ferrets for many years, they are domesticated relatives and have all the same issues in lesser degree - being wild means it's all more intense with a sable. I love my ferrets, but I'm not taking on any of their kin!

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Maria Rohlen 5 years ago

Fur are worn by beautiful animals and ugly people.

0points

Susan Ho 5 years ago

Too bad we can’t save them all and have the fur trade totally banned.

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

How is fur super evil, yet almost everyone wears leather? Nobody bats an eye at leather seats in the car, or a couch or a leather belt. It's killing an animal for clothing or furniture. How is this different?

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Paula Hannon 5 years ago

They're cloning meat now so I wonder if wonder if one day they can do the same with Fur.

0points

Susan Ho 5 years ago

It’s a good story! Too bad we can’t save them and have the fur trade totally banned!

0points

Christy Smith 5 years ago

OMG, where has this fur ball been all my life, I want!

0points

Karen Johnston 5 years ago

The fur definitely looks better on the sable than a person

0points

natasha P. 5 years ago

All fur is CRUEL

0points

natasha P. 5 years ago

Vey kind beautiful lady!

0points

Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 5 years ago

GAH! The cuteness! Can't...handle...cuteness! What an adorable little creature! Considering the quality of synthetics nowadays, you'd think they could do without using living creatures.

0points

Jeff Lucht 5 years ago

It seems nobody really knew about this until this story! not only you brought it to the attention of animal rights you also encouraged for more killing of the animals beings that you made the comments of it being the most expensive fur!

0points

Arsella Ferretti 5 years ago

Si assomigliano!

0points

Chris Watson 5 years ago

Too bad there is no animal sanctuary to keep the sable.

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

The sable is adorable,a cute face, I have read all of the comments, and agree, no need to raise animals for fur, it's time to end the cruel business, people who live in the coldest of climates, kill animals for food and use the fur, that is acceptable !!!

0points

Kevin Wilcoxon 5 years ago

Such a cutie!!! I had no idea.

0points

Rainbow Unicorn 5 years ago

Well, looks like I found my new best friend.

0points

axj9000 4 years ago

Rainbow Unicorn good

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Gina O'Toole 5 years ago

When my mother died I inherited her full-length sable fur coat. It's in a bedroom closet in my house. It is gorgeous, but controversial, for sure. I don't know what to do with it. It was quite expensive, and it seems like a disgrace to the animals who died to throw it away. Any ideas?

0points

lammemineshaft 4 years ago

Gina O'Toole good

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Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

What a beautiful person to take in such a tricky animal and help it to live a better life. I have seen many programs and read about the sable , literally living with the devil 😂 then when it decides to have one over on you, and be more good, it’s actually just for food . So you are treated pretty much like a mug by them .This woman is my hero for the day .

0points

Anne 5 years ago

Fur used to be necessary to keep humans warm. It's not anymore and it should be abolished. There are awesome options now, heck, my coat is good -25 to +15 and made from recycled materials and no animals were used. Unless you use the whole animal - no. (And give all animals a good life and a quick death)

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

By that same logic, nobody should eat meat. It's not in any way necessary in 2019.

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suryanti utami 5 years ago

it looks like a cat

0points

Mike Jones 5 years ago

nice marmot

0points

SavySausageDog 5 years ago

What a beautiful creature that's exploited for its fur. Humans can be vile monsters when they want to achieve a fashion statement, trend or pretty much doing anything that will impact the population of the animal. Like @Foxxy says, the majority of an animal should be used if its going to be humanely slaughtered for food, tools and clothing (depending on the type of animal, ie cows), not to parade around as a fashion statement.

0points

Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

Looks like a weasel/ferret, but sturdier. Disney or Pixar need to do some films about the fur bearing creatures to make people realize they feel things, can enjoy life!

-1point

Berit Helberg 4 years ago

I will never understand those wearing these dead animals thinking they look good, when you can see the life glittering in their eyes, the joy of playing, being, living... their soul. A great set of pics to show that fur is really far out and has to stay out!

-1point

Lily Dennard 4 years ago

This made my day so much better. What may have seemed like a small gesture of kindness saved a creature, let him grow up and experience life, and gave him the best life possible. Good on you.

-1point

Karton Weston 4 years ago

Rich black singers in America love their furs... these scumbuckets don't give a c**p about the animals. It's just a status thing

-1point

Yvonne Torburn-Clark 4 years ago

The critter is so cute! Makes you want to go and buy out all the fur farms just so you can let them loose.!

-1point

Marissa Hagerman 5 years ago

How can people kill something THAT cute?

-1point

Full Name 5 years ago

Your criteria for what to kill and what not to kill is based on how cute it is?

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alan katz 5 years ago

What a wonderful person and amazing creature. Wearing fur is the height of inhumanity and a badge of a deplorable human. The torturous conditions in which these wild animals are raised and brutally slaughtered is an indictment if humans.

-1point

Ariel Rose 5 years ago

My son is now convinced he "needs" to have a rescue farm of sables. 💕

-1point

Eunice Probert 5 years ago

Sable fur belongs on the sable. Not on some rich person's horrible back.

-1point

Living_Shadow 5 years ago

There is plenty of silky feeling faux fur. Humans don't need to kill animals for fur. Humans are so freaking greedy

-1point

Russian Otaku 5 years ago

I wish there was a terrorist charity I could support that bombs poachers, fur farmers and corrupt politicians

-1point

Charming Diva 4 years ago

The way, they kill these animals is so sickening and evil. I wish all animal's would disappear. That way man can no longer hurt them.

-2points

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Hendra Lim 5 years ago

at least most of cows and pigs part that slaughtered is used almost 90%. but, imagine this, sable it just raised to be killed for ONLY the fur, and the bodies is thrown away just like that (since i never seen sable as food in internet). the same with shark fin soup, the shark is caught just to have it's fin cut and left drown alive and got eaten by bottom feeder slowly. it's a waste and has no respect of lives

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Aunt Messy 5 years ago

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Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

If an animal is bought up in captivity quite often it can’t go back into the wild because they haven’t developed the skills for survival. Whilst keeping the Sable as a pet is not ideal there is a high possibility of it not surviving long in the wild. So it’s either stay at the farm to be tortured and killed for fur, being looked after by a caring person or struggling in the wild because they lack the skills to survive.

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Foxxy 5 years ago

The only time I agree with people wearing animal skin or fur is if the WHOLE or majority of the animal is used ie for food, tools, clothing etc like what tribes do but not as a fashion statement and certainly not farming animals for their fur. It is despicable.

110points

Demi Zwaan 5 years ago (edited)

This and they should be housed and killed humanly! The biggest problem with the fur industry is the deplorable living conditions and the horrible, horrible way they are killed (often skinned alive and thrown on a big pile of dying mates to just bleed to death). If you give them a good life (as good as possible) and kill them quickly and painlessly, it's not worse than killing a cow or pig.

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Hans 5 years ago

Using e.g. leather from a cow mainly used for meat still means that the cow as a whole will generate more revenue, and this will in greater economic terms lead to more cows being slaughtered. I have stopped using leather products, both for ethical and for ecological reasons. Sometimes, alternatives are scarce, but it is possible.

7points

Sill Marien 5 years ago

I sort of can see your point Foxxy, I mean - it is logical. But I have stopped buying leather shoes or bags some years ago - I don't want to generate demand.

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

I agree 100%, as a vegan if i knew someone was hunting or raising their own for food and to use all the other bits, that is the answer to farmed animals.

1point

Jo Choto 5 years ago

I've never seen a sable before. What a gorgeous little creature. Should be an international ban on the production and sale of fur, under CITES laws.

88points

DC 5 years ago

Absolutely! They nearly p**s themselves for stuff like decades old guitars which were built from exotic woods (that weren't endangered then, or no one cared - anyway, they were built decades ago) and demand you having a lot of paperwork if you cross a border with one ... and don't ban fur. ... but, here we see a bit of double standard again: Which animal products are bad, which are good seems ot be based on the proportion of population using them ... while none of them really is justifyable under civilized conditions.

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TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

I owned a sable once. Not that great of a car but when it died I used it’s seat fabric to make a coat.

1point

Boaty McBoatface 5 years ago

Does that mean ugly animals can be killed? Only the gorgeous ones warrant protection? Good ol' charismatic megafauna.

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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Why does anyone wear fur is beyond me! We don't actually need it to get warm as there are so many many options to be warm without any real fur, and those fur coats don't even look good on people. They just look stupid IMO. So many other coats without fur that look amazing, why would you ever want fur? To show how rich you are?

55points

Chu Yue Ling 5 years ago

I understand what you mean, and personally I think wool is an excellent option over synthetics and fur. But fur coats have greater longevity and (used to be) v good quality. The warmth from plasticky coats doesn't compare to fur. Plus, a lot of warm coats these days are made with goose down, which involves extreme cruelty to birds. And of course, coats made of synthetics are part of a polluting fashion industry and have disastrous effects on the environment and indirectly cause loss of species. I don't wear fur whatsoever, but I'm just pointing out it's not so black and white. The big issue for me is breeding these animals in captivity, in gross conditions, then killing them inhumanely. Not to mention the many species extinguished for this reason already. This is vile. With wool, nothing is harmed. If flocks are.maintained properly on native ground, you literally have the most environmentally friendly material I can think of to work with. And it is more versatile than fur.

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Biljana Malesevic 5 years ago

Killing for food and even for leather can be considered necessary, but problem with fur is that killing is extremely inhumane and painful, it's something I will NEVER EVER support, no matter what. At least, if you kill, do it with mercy.

3points

Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago

and there is also synthetic fur, too.

0points

Iggy 5 years ago

That little face! Beautiful! The only heartbeat that should ever be under fur is the one belonging to the animal whose fur it is.

15points

Judi Orenshaw 5 years ago

Iggy, I agree with you totally!

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Baby Clanger 5 years ago

The fur always looks better on the animal it belongs on.

9points

Lea Springstead 5 years ago

This little one is so cute! It's like a cat, dog, and mouse all in one.

9points

Judi Orenshaw 5 years ago

Also possibly Ferret!

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Janine B. 5 years ago

She looks like an adorable lot of trouble.

8points

glowworm2 5 years ago

I'm so glad that this adorable little girl didn't get made into a coat!

8points

Phantom Captain 5 years ago

What a cutie. I'm so happy she saved this little one.

7points

Raine Soo 5 years ago

Umora must be the luckiest sable on the planet. She is adorable. Cheers to her and Zhenya.

7points

Aunt Messy 5 years ago

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SkyTheImaginer 5 years ago

I don't understand why there are fur farms anymore. Faux can achieve almost exactly the same feeling as real fur.

6points

KT Trondsen 5 years ago

OMG why would someone ever turn something so sweet into a coat!?

4points

TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

To look fancy I’m guessing

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Michelle Muirhead 5 years ago

When I think of the cruelty to the poor animals it just sickens me. Vanity, fashion and inhumanity to think you look fantastic in a poor animal’s skin that was ripped off them. Thank you to the lass who saved this poor soul.

3points

Sill Marien 5 years ago

Western people do not need fur! Come on! (Yes Russians too). What are you - tribesmen living in the woods? We have so many great warm fabrics now and somehow this fur stupidity continues in so many places :(

3points

Thunder 5 years ago

SO. CUTE. TOO CUTE TOO CUTE HELP TOO CUTE F*CKING HELL! (Ok, enough internet for today) But seriously, it’s so sad that if she didn’t do something this little thief would be a coat. That’s horrible...

2points

Sumpatjd Knudson 4 years ago

Love this story and this sable is so cute my wife and I can’t stand it!!!

1point

tuzdayschild 5 years ago

What a sweet little thing.

1point

Tamara Bradshaw 5 years ago

I wonder how tame they can be? It’s like a kitty, puppy. So cute. There’s no need to wear real fur. Faux fur looks just as good.

1point

Cenk Karaferya 5 years ago

What is that? A small bear? Too cute!!! How can people kill this beauty? No one needs fur!!! Period!!!

1point

Karla Jaldin Otero 5 years ago

omg !! I cant believe I say this but...these are more cute than cats

1point

SBW71 5 years ago

What a gorgeous animal!!

1point

Coco 5 years ago

Sadly she had to publish this and in a very fashionably manner. Now we will have a ton of brainless instagrammers trying to get one as pet. :(

1point

LessaltEDM 5 years ago

Puppy!!!!!!

1point

jknbt jknbt 5 years ago

want one

1point

Kjorn 5 years ago

ok they're cute, but its a WILD ANIMAL. you shouldn't keep it at home.

1point

Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 5 years ago (edited)

Kjorn, this little sable was likely born into captivity and never knew nothing more than a tiny squalid cage before it was rescued. I highly doubt the animal would have faired well at all if it were released back into the wild. Having spent its life in a cage, it would likely lack many of the basic instincts needed to survive. The owner and rescuer of this little sable even explains that these creatures should not be kept as pets. This was a situation where she rescued the sable and is giving it a loving and caring life knowing that there is no way the creature would survive in the wild.

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Michelle Chevalier 5 years ago

Too cute!

1point

Karen DeJesso 3 years ago

I tried to save a mink caught in a let trap in a creek here in the US - the police came and said they would arrest me if I released the animal as once it was caught in the trap it was legally considered the trap owners property. The traps were not properly labeled so I don’t know what the police did with it - I told the officer he had no heart or soul.

0points

Michael Capriola Jr. 4 years ago

Lookit the shedding on the sofa. OMG. Teach the sable to use the hoover. :)

0points

Amélie Bougie 4 years ago

I never look close to sable's paws : impressive!

0points

K Miller 4 years ago

OK, now I want a Sable

0points

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0points

Weim Central 4 years ago

Thank you for having a furry heart!

0points

Rita Primeau 5 years ago

I wonder if this animal is related to what we call Fisher in Canada..... It seems to resemble it a lot? Does anyone know?

0points

Maureen Heartwood 4 years ago

Yes, sables are mustelids like fishers are. Also in that family: weasels, otters, ferrets, mink and wolverines, among others.

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未周陸 5 years ago

Wondering how long it took them to Live Happily Together After ......

0points

Katinka Min 5 years ago

Very courageous to take on such a task. The super duper cute pictures are not showing how difficult it must be to keep a wild animal in your home. I understand the appeal fo real fur - it does feel amazing. But, my God, the price to your soul, to enjoy that kind of suffering without needing to.

0points

Kendra Keller 5 years ago

Whoa! What is that thing! Why is it not domesticated yet? That thing looks like it's shaped to just lay down! Also looks super soft! Why is that not a Household pet!? Someone answer these questions

0points

Maureen Heartwood 4 years ago

They make really terrible pets. They steal stuff, they stink, they're very smart so they get bored and into mischief easily, they love to bite, they're escape artists - and probably a bunch of other things I don't know about. I owned ferrets for many years, they are domesticated relatives and have all the same issues in lesser degree - being wild means it's all more intense with a sable. I love my ferrets, but I'm not taking on any of their kin!

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Maria Rohlen 5 years ago

Fur are worn by beautiful animals and ugly people.

0points

Susan Ho 5 years ago

Too bad we can’t save them all and have the fur trade totally banned.

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

How is fur super evil, yet almost everyone wears leather? Nobody bats an eye at leather seats in the car, or a couch or a leather belt. It's killing an animal for clothing or furniture. How is this different?

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Paula Hannon 5 years ago

They're cloning meat now so I wonder if wonder if one day they can do the same with Fur.

0points

Susan Ho 5 years ago

It’s a good story! Too bad we can’t save them and have the fur trade totally banned!

0points

Christy Smith 5 years ago

OMG, where has this fur ball been all my life, I want!

0points

Karen Johnston 5 years ago

The fur definitely looks better on the sable than a person

0points

natasha P. 5 years ago

All fur is CRUEL

0points

natasha P. 5 years ago

Vey kind beautiful lady!

0points

Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 5 years ago

GAH! The cuteness! Can't...handle...cuteness! What an adorable little creature! Considering the quality of synthetics nowadays, you'd think they could do without using living creatures.

0points

Jeff Lucht 5 years ago

It seems nobody really knew about this until this story! not only you brought it to the attention of animal rights you also encouraged for more killing of the animals beings that you made the comments of it being the most expensive fur!

0points

Arsella Ferretti 5 years ago

Si assomigliano!

0points

Chris Watson 5 years ago

Too bad there is no animal sanctuary to keep the sable.

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

The sable is adorable,a cute face, I have read all of the comments, and agree, no need to raise animals for fur, it's time to end the cruel business, people who live in the coldest of climates, kill animals for food and use the fur, that is acceptable !!!

0points

Kevin Wilcoxon 5 years ago

Such a cutie!!! I had no idea.

0points

Rainbow Unicorn 5 years ago

Well, looks like I found my new best friend.

0points

axj9000 4 years ago

Rainbow Unicorn good

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Gina O'Toole 5 years ago

When my mother died I inherited her full-length sable fur coat. It's in a bedroom closet in my house. It is gorgeous, but controversial, for sure. I don't know what to do with it. It was quite expensive, and it seems like a disgrace to the animals who died to throw it away. Any ideas?

0points

lammemineshaft 4 years ago

Gina O'Toole good

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Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

What a beautiful person to take in such a tricky animal and help it to live a better life. I have seen many programs and read about the sable , literally living with the devil 😂 then when it decides to have one over on you, and be more good, it’s actually just for food . So you are treated pretty much like a mug by them .This woman is my hero for the day .

0points

Anne 5 years ago

Fur used to be necessary to keep humans warm. It's not anymore and it should be abolished. There are awesome options now, heck, my coat is good -25 to +15 and made from recycled materials and no animals were used. Unless you use the whole animal - no. (And give all animals a good life and a quick death)

0points

Full Name 5 years ago

By that same logic, nobody should eat meat. It's not in any way necessary in 2019.

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suryanti utami 5 years ago

it looks like a cat

0points

Mike Jones 5 years ago

nice marmot

0points

SavySausageDog 5 years ago

What a beautiful creature that's exploited for its fur. Humans can be vile monsters when they want to achieve a fashion statement, trend or pretty much doing anything that will impact the population of the animal. Like @Foxxy says, the majority of an animal should be used if its going to be humanely slaughtered for food, tools and clothing (depending on the type of animal, ie cows), not to parade around as a fashion statement.

0points

Dorothy Parker 4 years ago

Looks like a weasel/ferret, but sturdier. Disney or Pixar need to do some films about the fur bearing creatures to make people realize they feel things, can enjoy life!

-1point

Berit Helberg 4 years ago

I will never understand those wearing these dead animals thinking they look good, when you can see the life glittering in their eyes, the joy of playing, being, living... their soul. A great set of pics to show that fur is really far out and has to stay out!

-1point

Lily Dennard 4 years ago

This made my day so much better. What may have seemed like a small gesture of kindness saved a creature, let him grow up and experience life, and gave him the best life possible. Good on you.

-1point

Karton Weston 4 years ago

Rich black singers in America love their furs... these scumbuckets don't give a c**p about the animals. It's just a status thing

-1point

Yvonne Torburn-Clark 4 years ago

The critter is so cute! Makes you want to go and buy out all the fur farms just so you can let them loose.!

-1point

Marissa Hagerman 5 years ago

How can people kill something THAT cute?

-1point

Full Name 5 years ago

Your criteria for what to kill and what not to kill is based on how cute it is?

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alan katz 5 years ago

What a wonderful person and amazing creature. Wearing fur is the height of inhumanity and a badge of a deplorable human. The torturous conditions in which these wild animals are raised and brutally slaughtered is an indictment if humans.

-1point

Ariel Rose 5 years ago

My son is now convinced he "needs" to have a rescue farm of sables. 💕

-1point

Eunice Probert 5 years ago

Sable fur belongs on the sable. Not on some rich person's horrible back.

-1point

Living_Shadow 5 years ago

There is plenty of silky feeling faux fur. Humans don't need to kill animals for fur. Humans are so freaking greedy

-1point

Russian Otaku 5 years ago

I wish there was a terrorist charity I could support that bombs poachers, fur farmers and corrupt politicians

-1point

Charming Diva 4 years ago

The way, they kill these animals is so sickening and evil. I wish all animal's would disappear. That way man can no longer hurt them.

-2points

Full Name 5 years ago

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Hendra Lim 5 years ago

at least most of cows and pigs part that slaughtered is used almost 90%. but, imagine this, sable it just raised to be killed for ONLY the fur, and the bodies is thrown away just like that (since i never seen sable as food in internet). the same with shark fin soup, the shark is caught just to have it's fin cut and left drown alive and got eaten by bottom feeder slowly. it's a waste and has no respect of lives

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Aunt Messy 5 years ago

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Foxxy 5 years ago (edited)

If an animal is bought up in captivity quite often it can’t go back into the wild because they haven’t developed the skills for survival. Whilst keeping the Sable as a pet is not ideal there is a high possibility of it not surviving long in the wild. So it’s either stay at the farm to be tortured and killed for fur, being looked after by a caring person or struggling in the wild because they lack the skills to survive.

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