Some argue, animals should not wear clothes. Others that it should be a choice. I'll summarize my position on this issue below, and I'd like to know yours.

Animal nudity is sometimes classed together with child nudity. A child is naïve of things sexual, and so is not required to wear clothes like everyone else. Babies may appear in public both topless and fully nude without offending public mores; bath-time photos, like wild-life photography, is never offensive. However, some fear the effects of exposing the powerful physicality of animals such as Horses: the rippling muscles, silky flowing manes, and taut haunches: they argue these sorts of animals ought to be clothed, even Colts, while less sexy animals, like Tree Sloths, may go unclothed.

Others see a religious dimension: it is the hair, a covering, itself which is offensive to God and so the covering must be covered: both pubic hair and also the hair on the head by a scarf or kippah. For these religious people, the traditional view that nudity should be covered is reversed: they argue that fully nude animals such as Sphynx Cats or Dolphins are okay with God, but that it is the furry animals that must cover themselves. This argument actually has some backing from science because human beings are the animal with the longest hair of any animal, and so it is humans who have, anthropologically speaking, worn the shame (and clothes) of this religious injunction to be transparent and unconcealing in relationship with God. But this is absurd because Clams and Oysters also cover themselves, so why should hair be different from a shell? Some Mermaids wear shells over their breasts and this would obviously have the same effect as a cotton or a fur-bra.

Since most agree that primitive savages may go nude, they extend this argument to animals as well: wild animals may go nude, but domesticated animals should be properly dressed.

You commonly hear it said, "like a fish in water": since humans wash and bathe in the nude, and even swim nude, it's argued that animals who live in the water such as fish or Manatees* ought also to go nude, while land animals such as Camels ought to have on at least some attire.

Others actually take issue not so much with the nudity, or it's representation, but with the scale, for instance a male horse who is naked from mid-section down might not be offensive as a ceramic miniature, or in the context of a glue factory, or a Sunday ride, but that same horse's nudity magnified to enormous proportions in the form of a National memorial would be offensive to them.

The most radical perspective is of course that of the nudists. They argue that both humans and animals should never wear clothes, that it is actually wrong when a human or a dog wears a coat or boots -- even on a cold day. This perspective is difficult to understand.

In conclusion, animal nudity is a complex issue that reaches through the everyday into the high spheres of science and religion, it stretches from the comic through to the awful. Given the amount of apathy in the World today, everyone should take a strong position.


* Since the Arc of the Covenant is believed to have been covered by the hide of a Sea Cow, this argument is often given by religious people.

I've never thought animals should be ashamed of their naked bodies. It's never once occurred to me lol. They're just animals; simple, innocent creatures who run on instinct. What do they have to hide? They hump all kinds of things. They have sex in public. They eat out of the trash, their own young, and their own feces. They poop wherever they darnwell please. They're loud. They stink. They fight, kill, and steal out in the open. Animals are anarchists, and we're the tyrants always trying to take that away.

Most of them have fur coverings anyway...what's the point? Fashion? 0_o

Err, no thanks, Paris Hilton. I like my pooches muddy and uncivilized.

Well I uh guess I just uh have an appreciation for all forms...

I've never been particularly awed by horses like most girls have. I rode them for a while. I just thought of them as big and stinky. Try cleaning out their hooves and see how attractive they are...ugggh! Lol.

I think my favorite animal by far is the cat, and the Lynx cat to be exact....I could just melt every time I see them. Leonardo Da Vinci once said the cat has the most perfect, and elegant body he could ever imagine.


The tips of their ears are just....agghh!! ^___^ And some are so fluffy and made for the snow, like huskies...(also a gorgeous animal)






Look at how cute this shot is....I could just diiiie!

I voted for decriminalizing. But then again, I've never been a fan of prohibitions anyways.

I would think of fur more like an animals hair style as it can come in all different colors, lengths, and designs. Even though it does cover all or a good portion of the body, I wouldn't consider it a full cover.

Answering this question, for me, is simple. If I had my way, nobody would have to wear clothes! No humans, and definitely no animals. I think it's wrong to force people to cover themselves.

Only if we really need clothes should we have to wear them, like in the winter. Otherwise, if it's really hot out, why should I have to? Why should I have to lay on the beach (well most beaches) in a bra and underwear called a 'bathing suit'? It's stupid.

In case someone missed it before it was deleted, there are some post's that are meaningful and others that are not. Posts run from one extreme to the other. This thread is an example of one extreme.

Another idea is that some very wealthy, wanted a way to show off that wealth via. jewelry and other ornaments and clothing was a good place to hang it on, pinning it to the skin might be uncomfortable.