Share information with your friends and co-workers. Explain that each small piece of fur trim represents an animal that suffered and died.
Write letters and opinion editorials for your local paper asking your neighbours to celebrate compassion towards all animals and to be fur free in the new century.
Write to your local Department Stores asking them to stop selling fur (see draft letter below)
Write to the Fashion Press, asking them to stop showing fur fashion (see draft letter below)
Write to the Embassies of Thailand, Philippines and China expressing your concern for the killing of cats and dogs in their countries (see draft letters below).
Write to your local MP C/- Parliament House in your state urging that they do all they can to stop the sale of real furs made from any animal.
Act on your compassion: Don't buy or wear clothing made of fur, lined with fur, or trimmed with fur.
Make sure the faux fur trim on your prospective new coat is really fake. When animal fur is sheared and dyed, it can appear to be synthetic. It can even fool salespeople.
Don't shop at stores that sell fur or items trimmed with fur. Tell the store manager and the company president that you will not shop there if they continue to sell fur.
Tell others about the excruciatingly cruel treatment of dogs and cats by the fur trade.
Write to your Federal MP (C/- Parliament House, Canberra 2600) urging them to ban the import and export of dog and cat fur.
Learn more about the global fur industry's exploitation of fur-bearing animals. View our full investigative report and video on the Internet at www.hsus.org.
Contact your local radio station and ask to be invited as a guest on the local talk or community service show. Urge listeners to have a Fur-Free society and a Fur-Free millennium.
Below are example letters you may like to use:
Example Letter 1
Dear Department Store
I have just learned that each year more than 2 million domestic dogs and cats are brutally killed for their fur. Further, an estimated 30 million animals including foxes, mink, chinchilla, were killed in fur farms and another 8 million trapped and killed in the wild in order to satisfy growing demand for fur.
Dog and cat fur has permeated the fur trim market. Neither you nor I can really know if the fur products sold in your store comes from coyotes or rabbits, or from dogs or cats. Labels simply do not disclose what kind of fur is used. And dog fur may be mixed with coyote fur on the trim of the same parka.
Without adequate truth in labelling legislation, we must suspect that any piece of fur could be dog or cat fur, regardless of what the manufacturer claims. Further, given the cruel and unnecessary means by which so many animals suffer, I ask you, please discontinue the sale of all fur in your store, including fur trim, fur decorations, and fur toys.
Example Letter 2
Dear Fashion Editor
Here is some shocking news for you: more than 2 million domestic dogs and cats are brutally killed each year by the international fur industry. Their lives are ended for the sake of fur trim and decorations. Consumers usually don't even know that they are buying dog or cat fur. Further, an estimated 30 million animals including foxes, mink, chinchilla, were killed in fur farms and another 8 million trapped and killed in the wild in order to satisfy growing demand for fur.
You might not realise it, but by promoting fur apparel you are promoting this horrific and deceptive practice. With the new millennium upon us, it is time for you to go fur-free!
Example Letter 3
Royal Thai Consulate General
Level 8, 131 Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Dear Ambassador
I have just learned that in Thailand domestic dogs are brutally killed for their skin, flesh, and other body parts. The leather products are exported to countries where consumers may purchase them unaware that they are purchasing the result of the pain and suffering of domestic dogs. Please stop this abominable slaughter of dogs!
Example Letter 4
Philippine Consulate General
301 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Dear Ambassador
I have just learned that domestic cats- many of them stolen pets - are brutally killed in the Philippines for their skin. The leather products are exported to countries where consumers may purchase them unaware that they are purchasing the result of the pain and suffering of domestic cats. Please stop this abominable slaughter of cats!
Example Letter 5
Consulate General of the People's Republic of China
539 Elizabeth Street
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Dear Ambassador
I have just learned that in China domestic dogs and cats are raised and killed for their fur. The fur products are exported to countries where consumers may purchase them unaware that they are purchasing the result of pain and suffering of domestic dogs and cats. Please stop this abominable slaughter of dogs and cats!
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