Donating your fur coat can help not only our furry friends but also humans. The vast majority of furs that PETA receives are donated to homeless people—the only humans with any excuse to wear fur. Every year, we hold a few “fur kitchens” at homeless shelters around the U.S., and we’ve even shipped hundreds of furs to help warm refugees ...

Whether it came from an animal on a fur farm or one who was trapped in the wild, every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim caused an animal tremendous suffering—and took away a life. Each year, approximately 100 million animals are killed for their fur. Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur ...

Donating unwanted fur coats to humans in need not only helps them stay warm (especially in the winter months, when many folks experiencing homelessness are vulnerable to hypothermia and frostbite) but also gives us an opportunity to highlight the constant decline of the fur industry.We are receiving more fur donations than ever before from consumers appalled by …

Fur farms are hellholes for millions of animals every year. PETA exposés have shone a light on the appalling conditions animals are forced to live and die in. Foxes, minks, rabbits, and chinchillas are confined to tiny wire cages caked in faeces and filth. They can often be seen pacing back and forth, which is a sign of captivity-induced madness.

Apr 1, 2024 · PETA may also use donated furs to create displays and demonstrations to educate the public that millions of fur-bearing animals are killed every year to produce garments. If you’re a resident of the U.S., to make your tax-deductible fur donation, simply mail your unwanted furs to the address below:

Jan 15, 2021 · PETA recently delivered more than 200 fur coats – donated to our fur amnesty programme by members of the public who had a change of heart about wearing fur – to people in need in Ukraine. Working with the International Aid Trust, the coats were distributed to those who desperately need them to keep warm during the harsh winter months.

Jun 8, 2021 · To help orphans, widows, and others in need get through long, cold winters in Afghanistan, PETA has teamed up with Life for Relief and Development to distribute over 80 fur coats – all donated to PETA’s fur amnesty programme by people who have had a change of heart about the ethics of wearing the animal-derived material.. We can’t bring back the minks, rabbits, and other animals who were ...

Dec 15, 2020 · Animal rights champion Jenny McQueen recently acquired 20 fur coats to boost PETA’s campaigns against the global skins trade. PETA Prime sat down with her to learn more about her decades of fierce advocacy for animals. ... I didn’t expect to receive so many full fur coats, as our street activism mainly targets fur trim wearers. It’s ...

Aug 14, 2023 · PETA accepts fur coats for its fur coat donation program. Every year, PETA holds “fur kitchens” at homeless shelters around the country for people who can’t afford to buy coats. They also send hundreds of furs to women and children in freezing war zones. PETA has a 79% rating on Charity Navigator.

Contrary to fur-industry propaganda, fur production destroys the environment. The amount of energy needed to produce a real fur coat from ranch-raised animal skins is approximately 20 times that needed to produce a fake fur garment. 13 Nor is fur biodegradable, thanks to the chemical treatment applied to stop the fur from rotting. The process ...