About this campaign
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We hope the sale and sharing of this shirt design helps bring awareness and education to the horrific and inhumane topic of fur farms. Here is our story! Here is our message!
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The Red Riding Hood Rescue is a nonprofit organization, located in Middletown, Ohio, dedicated to saving wolfdogs in need, and earlier this year, we were involved in one of our most tragic rescues to date.
In January, the Humane Society of the United States, Director of Global Animal Disaster, contacted The Red about urgent need to find homes for 420 animals including skunks, raccoon, foxes, coyotes, wolves and wolfdogs. These animals were part of private farm, which was focused only on exploiting them. This industrial farm used these animals solely for collecting their urine and then eventually killed them for their fur to then later be sold.
The 420 victims of this fur farm lived their entire lives in small, filthy and inadequate wire cages. Some of these cages were over-crowded, containing multiple animals and hardly allowing them any room to turn around, let alone move. Below their wire cages, there were only urine collection pans troughs, and of course, the build-up of feces as they never received any cleaning. There was no fresh water or food available to any of them. Many of these individuals were missing toes, paws, limbs, and tails from getting stuck in the wire caging. Or worse, from the leg hold traps surrounding the property to ensure they never had a chance at freedom if they managed to escape.
Each individual had a life sentence to living in painful caging, while suffering from illnesses, injuries, starvation and dehydration. And each individual watched their cage neighbor die and be replaced as another piece of property. And when winter arrived this year, many didn't stand a chance without shelter. But we are proud to announce we have changed and continue to change the life sentence for 3 wolfdogs.
We share the story of one survivor. F19 was a young, frightened and fragile wolfdog who had spent his entire life in a small wire fox cage. He lived without any of the basic needs, such as shelter, bedding, veterinary care, enrichment, proper diet, exercise and even just space. He only had moldy kibble and dirty, frozen water. He was so weak and atrophied that when the severe winter weather hit, he wasn?t expected to survive without our commitment to save him immediately. F19 was one of 3 urgent rescues we swooped in to save from this horrific fur and urine farm in Ohio, just hours away from us. We wanted F19 to have a real life, a name, his individuality and his freedom, and now he has just that, as we call him "Dante".
In addition to Dante, we committed to rescuing a bonded pair, known as "C1-14A and C1-14B." We couldn?t leave them behind, we couldn't separate them, and we never have nor will. And of course, we gave them names and freedom from their past, they are now known as "Zoe" and "Zephyr".
We weren't prepared to take on another rescue, let alone 3 more. With the new additions, our rescue grew to 26 wolfdogs. But we had to help! We built enclosures as quickly as could with our all-volunteer-based team! It was an incredible display of passion, cooperation and determination to make a difference. This rescue mission impacted all of us, it showed us the need for change among laws for animals. We were already a full rescue, but this emergency called to us, and we offered what help we could. We wished we could have saved many more lives, and we hope to do so now, by spreading awareness to change the laws from these inhumane practices.
F19, and others just like him, were considered a commodity?and then just a pelt. They were not seen as individuals, or worthy of living. We will change that. Our goal with this campaign is to bring light to the dark cruelty of fur farming practices.
Please help us spread awareness about fur and urine farms!
Many of these facilities are vastly unregulated, and force animals into life sentences of cruelty and abuse, just for their fur or urine. These are animals' lives; they are not meant to be treated as disposable property! These inhumane facilities are vastly unregulated, suffering no consequences while victimizing hundreds and thousands of lives. These are 3 of the faces that survived, but many weren't so fortunate.
Help us push fur farms to be non-existent today. Spread the word, contribute to our campaign and change the future for our 3 rescues, who deserve so much more than this!
To read the press release visit:
FAQS about the Ohio fur and urine farm from the Humane Society:
The rescue operation:
On Saturday, Jan. 25, the Humane Society of the United States, Ohio authorities and multiple wildlife rehabilitators and sanctuaries completed a rescue operation of hundreds of animals from a fur and urine farm near Cleveland, Ohio.
The Ashtabula County Commissioner?s Office requested the assistance of the Humane Society of the United States after the owner of Grand River Fur Exchange died in late December 2024, escalating an already-dire animal welfare crisis on the property.
For several weeks, responders from the Humane Society of the United States and Ohio authorities provided daily care to the animals on the property while assisting with arranging placement for the animals with licensed wildlife rehabilitators and accredited sanctuaries around the country.
Ultimately, more than 330 animals from the property were able to be placed with wildlife rehabilitators and sanctuaries. Tragically, the only way to help other animals on the property was to humanely end their suffering through euthanasia; some had severe injuries and illness, and others simply had no safe place to go. Releasing animals unaccustomed to living in wild environments would have been inhumane, unsafe and potentially damaging to local ecosystems.
Conditions on the property:
Foxes, raccoons, wolf-dog hybrids, skunks, opossums and coyotes were living in filthy wire-bottom cages with little to no protection from the frigid conditions.
Some of the animals had missing toes, ears, tails and limbs. Veterinarians determined that animals likely lost toes due to the cages? wire flooring, while the animals missing limbs and paws had likely been caught in steel-jaw leghold traps found around the property.
Many were emaciated and severely dehydrated, and several animals were found deceased and covered in snow.
Background on this facility:
The animals were being raised and slaughtered for fur, bred for sale as exotic pets, and held captive for urine farming. Some of the animals were bred in captivity while others were apparently imprisoned on the property after being trapped in excruciatingly painful leghold traps.
Documents found on the property indicate the owner sold pelts to Fur Harvesters Auction, the last remaining fur auction house in North America. Pelts sold at Fur Harvesters Auction are exported globally and used for home decor and fashion products, such as fur-pom hats and trim on gloves or shoes.
Background on fur/urine farming:
Predator urine is advertised for use in hunting, trapping, dog training, and ironically, as a ?humane? wild animal deterrent for gardeners.
Animals in the fur trade suffer immensely, both in their daily lives and when they are killed, often with methods like gassing, anal electrocution or clubbing, which result in slow, painful deaths and are commonly used on fur farms because they prevent damage to the pelt. Responders found electrocution tools on the property.
By supporting this campaign today, you can not only help us change the lives of our 3 new rescues but also be the voice for the vital change needed among Ohio laws about fur and urine farms. These practices have to stop!
Animals are individuals with rights and feelings, they are not property.
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Shirt design created by Britt Gollihur.
Britt Gollihur (@gollihurdesigns) ? Instagram photos and videos
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The first and second photos are of our lovely and healthy, growing and thriving, Dante (formerly known as F19). The third photo is of our beautiful, bonded pair, Zoe and Zephyr (formerly known as C1-14A and C1-14B). Dante is now housed with a young female of ours, named Wisteria, who was a rescue from a neglect situation.
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