Snuggle Coats is bringing fur back… to the animals!

UPDATE: Please note, Snuggle Coats has stopped accepting fur donations for the time being. We can’t thank Snuggle Coats enough for the warmth this kind initiative has spread so far to animals (and hearts) across Australia.

If you would like to donate fur clothing to help animals in need, please reach out to local animal shelters or rescue groups to see if the animals in their care could make use of these donations.

We all know cruelty is not a good look. So what to do with the fur coat we’ve had since long before a glimpse inside fur farms made us realise that dead animals are not a fashion statement?

Snuggle Coats found the kindest solution: collecting the unwanted fur garments hidden away in the backs of closets and donating them to wildlife rescues to comfort the animals in their care – turning something tragic into something heartwarming.

Please enjoy the following rescued animals whose lives were made a little comfier after nestling into some Snuggle Coats furs…

Cedric lost his mum and siblings when they were hit by a car, but found some comfort in a ‘Snuggle Coat’ donated by a caring member of the public. Thanks to the North-West Tasmania Wildlife Rescue group in conjunction with the Save the Devil teams, he was successfully released back into a safe area.

This is what wildlife carer Amy had to say about King, an Agile Wallaby joey in her care: “He is suitably named as, at just 490 grams, he sits up like a king right before feed time and almost demands his milk! He is a little character and a true joy to be raising. The first thing he did when coming into contact with a fur was to bury his head and curl up … instant comfort and security, really beautiful to see.”

A young flying fox nestles in a Snuggle Coats fur at Tolga Bat Hospital.

Sunny the orphaned koala from Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter.

Barney the blissed-out brushtail possum at ACT Wildlife is comforted by a donated fur (while he waits for his own coat to grow!).

Anzac, a four month old wombat putting the ‘snuggle’ in Snuggle Coats at Wombat Ridge Wildlife Shelter.

Comforting rescued wildlife is easily our second favourite way to see fur. The first is on its original owner – animals.

Sadly, millions of animals – including minks, rabbits, foxes, possums and raccoons – are still kept in appalling conditions in fur factory farms. They are forced to live in small wire cages where they’re unable to express their natural behaviours, which leads to chronic boredom and stress. After a miserable life of deprivation, they are then electrocuted or gassed for their furs with some even beaten to death or skinned alive.

All for the sake of what some people call ‘fashion’.

Thanks to the kind-hearted initiative of Snuggle Coats, the opportunity is before us to try and make amends for the mistakes of the past, and move towards a kinder world. Do you have items made from animal fur to donate? Please reach out to animal rescues and wildlife carers in your area and see if the animals in their care are in need of your donation.

Here are more ways you can help today:

• Sign the pledge to be fur-free – and encourage your friends and family to do the same!
• Join the evolution of kindess: help shape a better world for everyone with your free guide to a kinder world.
• Learn about six simple ways you can help wildlife.