A Stroud businesswoman has been bombarded with abusive messages regarding the sale of fur.

Faye Alyce Rogers runs The Boutique on Bedford Street and has been sent a number of messages berating her for selling clothes made out of fur in her shop.

She has received 800 messages and a number of disturbing pictures of animals with the fur removed have been posted on her Facebook page.

One message read: "We are just showing you the horror in the way you make your money."

An 'anti fur demo' organised by Gloucestershire Animal Rights is set to take place in Stroud on Saturday.

Faye, who also runs the Alyce Rogers Salon in London Road, used The Boutique's Facebook page to respond to those who had threatened her.

"I am totally gobsmacked in the amount of hate and protesting we have received.

"Not only attacking The Boutique, our customers and our loved ones but to go on and to publicly try to bring down other businesses we own is completely outrageous.

"You can continue to say whatever you like I eat meat and I wear fur, if you do not like this then take yourself off this page and stop with the violent threats.

"I have received empty but malicious threats for my life by people that say they are saving the animals.

"What I do not understand is why we are just being targeted, why are you not protesting outside other major brands?

"I am all for standing up to what we believe in but bullying, violence and threatening me isn’t the way to go about it," she said.

Faye has been forced to temporarily close the shop as a result of the threats she has received.

Speaking to the SNJ she said: "I didn't feel safe putting myself or my staff members in there with someone saying they were going to burn my shop down. In the last four days I have lost at least £1,500."

Faye stated she refused to make changes to her business or lifestyle as a result of the messages received.

"I don't care what people think of me. I am not going to back down. "I am still going to wear fur and eat meat, nothing you can say is going to make me change my mind," she said."

A spokeswoman for animal rights organisation PETA said: "From designers such as Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Vivienne Westwood, and, most recently, Burberry to independent high-street retailers and department stores, almost all fashion brands are now fur-free.

"With so many beautiful, warm vegan fabrics now available, those who stick to real fur stand out for all the wrong reasons."