Pass It On You and/or your club will naturally be an animal protection resource for your school and community. One of the most important things you can do is teach others about the problems facing animals.
Your mission: Pledge to be fur-free and collect coats for cubs!
Why? Millions of animals including raccoon dogs, rabbits, foxes, mink, chinchillas—even dogs and cats—spend their lives cramped in wire cages only to die a cruel death for fur production. Others are captured in cruel steel-jaw leghold traps and snares. Many animals are killed specifically for fur trim, like the fur on jacket hoods. Countless dogs and cats also get injured or killed in the United States in traps set for wild animals. And with fur garments in the United States commonly unlabeled, mislabeled, or falsely advertised, you can never really know which animals were killed for a coat.
2. Pledge to be fur-free! Take a stand against using fur in fashion—sign our pledge.
3. Hold a fur collection and give it back to the animals! Through The HSUS’s Coats for Cubs program, furs are distributed to wildlife rehabilitators, who use them to comfort injured and orphaned critters. Set up drop boxes at your school, community center, church, pet supply stores, or other locations around town. Decorate the boxes with info about your collection and why fur is cruel.
Publicize your collection with posters, an announcement over the PA system at school, and letters to your school and local newspapers. Once your collection is complete, email us so we can connect you with a wildlife rehabilitator and assist you with shipping your collected items.
4. Want to take it further? Spread the word some more. Videos show the truth behind fur like nothing else. Visit us on Facebook and Myspace and add our videos and web badges to your personal pages. Our videos are also on Youtube.
