Why is wearing fur any worse than wearing leather?

There is widespread condemnation among the public for wearing fur. Poor chinchilla or mink or whatever. Never mind that fur farming assured the preservation of their species and that left to their own devices in a shrinking wild habitat that is being rapidly changed by global warming, they may soon go extinct.

Some anonymous wit observed, “People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.” Is that all it is that makes wearing fur such a stigma to so many people who, between bites of their Big Mac, stand in leather shoes to condemn the fur wearers?

What’s your take on it. Are meat eaters and leather wearers any less guilty of contributing to the demise of a poor, defenseless animal than fur lovers?