Yeah, I can see that point of view. I'm not a vegetarian, so I was gonna say that we only kill animals for food, which I think can be justified, but I obviously do own leather shoes too (who doesn't?), so....
I do think it is a bit different killing for fur though, because it's invariably for rich westerners who don't give a flip about anyone else, and IMHO having fur (unlike shoes) is totally uneccessary. But like Kopite says, if you've gotta have fur, what's wrong with synthetic? Now we know how some animals are killed for their fur too, just makes it even worse in my eyes.
Personally, I'd like to say I'm against all killing of defenceless animals (fox hunting, whale hunting etc), especially in the manner highlighted by pete in this thread, but I do quite happily eat meat and wear my leather shoes, so I guess I'm a hypocrite really