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Sample Letter To Retailers Selling Fur
[DATE]
[Store]
[Name]
[Address]
[City, State]
Dear [Name],
We understand that your stores are selling many fur or fur-trimmed items, made with real fur. We are sure that if you knew what goes on behind the scenes in the fur industry, you would not want these cruel products to be a part of your collection.
Millions of animals, including rabbits, raccoons, and foxes, are painfully trapped in steel-jaw leg hold traps each year. Those who don't freeze or starve are usually beaten to death or suffocated when the trapper arrives hours or days later. Animals held captive on fur farms spend their short lives crowded in wire cages where they suffer from inadequate water, disease, parasites, and stress. The animals are killed by anal electrocution, poisoning, or suffocation. Those who don't die immediately are skinned alive.
In 1998, 94 percent of the people who responded to a survey in Cosmopolitan magazine said animals should not be killed for their fur. People assume that a scrap of fur on the collar is fake and I assure you that many would be appalled to learn that it is real. I trust that you cannot, in good conscience, support this unnecessary torture inflicted upon millions of animals each year.
I hope you will decide to eliminate all fur from your stores after considering this information. Thank you for your time and attention.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
Sample Letter To The Editor
Remember to keep your letter under 200 words and include your name, address, and telephone number for verification purposes. The publication will not print the street address or telephone number.
Dear Editor:
I noticed a glaring omission from your [date] article [title of article]. While you describe anti-fur protesters and the controversy surrounding fur, your article glosses completely over why people are opposed to fur. As far as I'm concerned there is no news in designers, who consider themselves visionaries, continuing to make the same tired garments, dying them eggplant and calling them the new black. How about giving the story true balance by including some coverage about a recent investigation on a fur farm in Midland, Michigan where investigators saw chinchillas who were being electrocuted, causing painful seizures to the animals' hearts, and having their necks snapped while fully conscious? People who continue to wear fur need to know what happened to the animal who died for those fuzzy pink earmuffs.
Sincerely,
Name
Address
Telephone (including city and state-your street address and phone number will not be printed)
Dear Editor,
Thank for your article on anti-fur protesters. I applaud these dedicated activists for standing up for animals who are killed for fur. Most compassionate people would be horrified to learn that animals who are trapped in steel-jaw leg-hold traps-those made up of two metal jaws, powered by high strength springs that slam shut on an animal's paw when triggered-sometimes chew off a limb trying to escape. Traps have captured animals other than the target animals, including companion dogs and cats and endangered species. In this day and age, when there are so many warm, comfortable, and stylish alternatives, there are only two reasons for buying fur: ignorance or arrogance.
Sincerely,
Name
Address
Telephone (including city and state-your street address and phone number will not be printed)
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