Each year, furrier Saga conducts courses and contests at the Parsons School of Fashion. Fashion students are given free samples of fur and encouraged to use fur in their future lines. 

Parsons has a lengthy sustainability manifesto on their website, encouraging students to be environmentally conscious and to "buy better."

It isn't consistent with Parson's sustainability message to allow Saga to hand out free fur to students. If Parsons is truly serious about the ethics of their young designers, they won't allow Saga to give out fur to their students. 

Photo Credit: Brent Nashville