PETA donates fur shawls, wraps & scarves to Life USA
14 Nov '05
2 min read
Relief organization Life USA is getting 20 boxes of fur shawls, wraps, and scarves that were donated to PETA by a store that the group used to protest. Life USA will dispatch the clothing to needy people in war-torn Afghanistan and earthquake-ravaged Pakistan.
The furs were donated to PETA at the conclusion of the group's successful national campaign to persuade fashion retailer Forever 21 to stop selling items made with fur last year.
Over the years, PETA has received thousands of coats from people—including Kimberley Hefner, Barbara Bach, and Mary Tyler Moore—who have been sickened by exposés of cruelty to animals caught in steel-jaw traps and driven mad in tiny cages on fur farms. PETA uses the donated furs in library displays, anti-fur fashion shows, street theater, and other educational events designed to convince consumers that animals should never be fashion victims.
So many unwanted furs pour in that PETA has started to donate the surplus to the needy. PETA has distributed coats at homeless shelters throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe; to earthquake survivors in Iran; to victims of the continuing strife in Iraq; and to Afghan refugees after the conflict in Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11, 2001, attacks. The shipment will reach Pakistan and Afghanistan just as the cold weather starts to settle in.
PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk states that they can't undo the torture that these animals endured, but they can bring warmth to needy people who have no options.
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