Foxgun Tom 75 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 This is from today's Sunday mail in Scotland!! If some-one sends me an E-mail address I'll send them a photo of the sporran and they can post it for me Tom INFAMOUS GROUSE Animal campaigners' fury as shop makes a killing out of sporran Exclusive by Graham Ogilvy SCOTLAND'S top sporran makers have outraged animal rights activists by making a £1000 version out of stuffed grouse. They are being sold by Eagleton to cash in on the tourist market. Each sporran is adorned with the body of a dead grouse, complete with legs, feet, head and beak. The wings are pinned back, the innards removed and the remains are stuck to the front of a sporran casing. They are designed so that the grouse's beak opens and the tongue pops out. Shop owner Marcus Eagleton made the first grouse sporran and he spent weeks handstitching each individual feather into place. He has been inundated with orders since putting it on display in his shop window in Perth. Marcus said: "I've tried to make it look as real as possible. "The first one took me five weeks to make. "We have to charge around £1000 for each one because of the amount of work involved. "It is a first - people admire it and think the work involved is fantastic." Eagleton also produces sporrans made from seals' skin and fox heads. But animal rights campaigners have hit out at the manufacturer, who counts US film star Samuel L Jackson among his clients. John Robbins, of Animal Concern, said: "People wearing these sporrans should be ashamed of themselves. "You don't need to kill animals to make a sporran, especially when most people only wear them once, at weddings. "Every day, more animals across Scotland die on the roads than in any other way so to kill them specifically to wear as a sporran is disgusting." Ross Minett, of Advocates For Animals, said: "It seems like the company is stuck in the dark ages. We need to drag ourselves into the 21st century. "The idea of flaunting an animal corpse as part of a fashion accessory is hideous and barbaric. "The issue of sporran-making is one of increasing importance. It is the main use of real fur that is still seen as publicly acceptable. "We are lobbying the Government to follow the lead of other countries such as Italy, Belgium, USA and Mexico by banning the import of seal skins, which are used often in sporran making. "We want sporranmakers to start stocking more ethical fake fur alternatives." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 If you email it to: strong_stuff@hotmail.co.uk I'll post it here for you. Not much happened in Scotland this weekend then if that's making the news!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SJM Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 f*****g hell Tom dont send them a pic of that shetland sheepdog you killed and made into a sporren for fucks sake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxgun Tom 75 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Strong stuff!! you've got an e-mail and photo Tom If you email it to: strong_stuff@hotmail.co.uk I'll post it here for you. Not much happened in Scotland this weekend then if that's making the news!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Sorry for delay!!! Here it is: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte hill 0 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 Think we should all get Foxgun Tom to do a video, I want to see the beak opening and tongue poking out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SJM Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 John Robbins, of Animal Concern, said: "People wearing these sporrans should be ashamed of themselves. Tut tut Tom I hope you feel suitably embarrassed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight walker 8 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 looks like a road kill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lurcherbitch Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 John Robbins, of Animal Concern, said: "People wearing these sporrans should be ashamed of themselves. Tut tut Tom I hope you feel suitably embarrassed Yep you should be hanging your head in shame Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Foxgun Tom 75 Posted April 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 (edited) An anti wearing a kilt/sorran etc: came up to me in a pub In Glasgow, and said "As a Scot!! he was ashamed and deeply offended because I was wearing my fox mask sporran"?? now!! remember this guy is wearing a kilt?? etc: I told him to feck off! as I found his attitude to traditional highland dress offensive and that he was culturally ignorant (Animal mask sporrans are the oldest and most traditional type of sporran} I also got my own back by pointing out to the twat!! my sporran (the fox's mask had been shot and never suffered ) His sporran contrary to mine was dragged from its mother on an ice floe in the Artic circle, clubbed over the head, and most probably skinned while still warm what!! was the prick wearing??? a sporran made from Greenland seal, a feckin sealskin !!! The world is full of ignorant hypocrites Tom Edited April 8, 2007 by Foxgun Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
whin 463 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 ilike the badger skin sporran or the , ive saw lots of roadkill badgers lately , all the best Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Macnas Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 The feckers are everywhere, sticking thier nose into everything, god almighty but I detest those wretched antis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Simoman 110 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 To be honest I think it looks disgusting..........I mean Tom not the sporran Tom, keep wearing it and keep your traditions alive. I'll be in the highlands next week and although I won't be wearing a sporran I will abide by the no underwear rule and go commando Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnight walker 8 Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 its plain and simple tam some people just dont have taste Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SJM Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 I think it suits ya Tom, and it distracts attention away from that huge big thing tucked into your sock :kiss: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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