Fur for the Animals

Launched in 2014, Born Free USA’s Fur for the Animals campaign is a donation drive to collect coats, hats, and other accessories made from animal fur. The primary goal of this campaign is to enable fur donations to wildlife rehabilitation centers and animal sanctuaries across the country, which use the fur to provide familiar comfort, warmth, and enrichment to injured, orphaned, and rescued wildlife.

Each year that we have collected fur donations, the number of donated fur items had tripled from the previous year. The majority of donated items are fur coats and stoles made from mink, rabbit, and fox. Other items have been made entirely from the tails of coyotes, Geoffroy’s cat (a South American cat that was nearly wiped out due to the fur trade in the 1960s – 1980s), white-tailed deer, bison, zebra, and mountain lion.

Since the start of the campaign in 2014...

2,594

Number of fur items donated through the Fur for the Animals program.

$5.4 Mil

Monetary value of the donated fur items.

84,305

Number of animals who died to produce the donated fur items.

3x

Every year we collect fur, donations triple from the year before.

How Can I Participate?

Fur Donations.
Donate fur items to a participating animal sanctuary or rehab! Please view the map below to find a rehab or sanctuary in or near your state, as well as each facility's contact information.

Make a Donation.
You can help keep the Fur for the Animals program up and running by making a donation to Born Free USA! Your support allows us to continue our work with animal sanctuaries and rehabs.

Recommend a Wildlife Sanctuary or Rehab.
We are always looking for more partners for this campaign! If you know of a wildlife rehabilitation center in need of fur, email us at info@bornfreeusa.org.

Donate Fur Items Directly to Fur for the Animals Partners

Born Free USA partners with various wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centers across the United States. Click on the yellow regions on the map below to see our partner sanctuaries and rehabs in that state.

When selecting a rehab to donate to, we recommend choosing one in your own state and contacting them prior to sending your fur items. If your state does not have a participating rehab, please contact facilities in nearby locations first.

You can also click below for a list of participating facilities:

ARIZONA

Vida Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center
Address: 2681 E County 15 1/4 St Yuma, AZ 85365
Phone: 928-341-4061
Contact: Linda Winchell
Email: lwinchell@azgfd.gov

CALIFORNIA

Wildlife Care of Southern California
Phone: 805-428-7105
Contact: Anna Reams
Email: annareams@gmail.com

Wildlife Care of Ventura County (Wildlife Care of SoCal)
Address: 352 Genial Court, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Phone: 805-581-3911
Contact: Anna Reams
Email: info@wildlifecareofventura.org

COLORADO

North Park Wildlife Rehabilitation
Address: 6119 County Road 22, Walden, CO 80480
Phone: 970-217-5372
Contact: Deb McLachlan
Email: NorthParkWildlifeRehab@gmail.com

Wet Mountain Wildlife Rehabilitation
Address: 743 Crestview Drive, Florence, CO 81226
Phone: 719-784-3214
Contacts: Cecilia & Tom Sanders
Email: WTMTWILD1@gmail.com

IDAHO

Snowdon Wildlife Sanctuary
Address: 1004 Cee Way Loop, McCall, ID 83638
Phone: 208-921-4108
Contact: Mary Evers
Email: snowdonwildlife@gmail.com

KANSAS

Northeast Kansas Wildlife Rescue
Address: ARC Wild, 2575 W4 Road, Sabetha, KS 66534
Contact: Sherri McNary
Email: sherrimcnary@yahoo.com

KENTUCKY

Grit & Grace Farm & Wildlife Rehabilitation
Address: 2383 Hicks Pike, Cynthiana, KY 41031
Phone: 859-954-0788
Contact: Jamie Rowe
Email: ggwildliferehab@outlook.com

MICHIGAN

Back 2 the Wild Wildlife Rescue
Address: 3332 North River Road, Fort Gratiot, MI 48059
Phone: 810-966-9759
Contact: Erin Stacks

Out-Back Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
Address: 5342 W. Erie Road, Ottawa Lake, MI 49267
Phone: 734-777-1613
Contact: Keirstie Carducci
Email: Keir@BEX.net

MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation, Inc.
Address: 9865 Green River Road, Lake Cormorant, MS 38641
Phone: 662-429-5105
Contact: Val Smith
Email: wlrehab@earthlink.net

NEBRASKA

Wildlife Rescue Team, Inc.
Address: 8089 Gold St., Omaha, NE 68124
Phone: 402-473-1951
Contact: Vikki Henry
Email: dougvikki@cox.net

NEVADA

Safe Haven Wildlife Sanctuary
Address: 9605 State Route 400, Imlay, NV 89418
Phone: 775-538-7093
Contact: Lynda Sugasa
Email: safehavenwildlife1@gmail.com

NEW MEXICO

Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary
Address: 378 Candy Kitchen Rd Ramah NM 87321
Phone: 505-785-0429
Contact: Brittany McDonald
Email: brittany@wildspiritwolfsanctuary.org

Gila Wildlife Rescue
Address: 44 Oakwood Avenue, Silver City, NM 88061
Phone: 575-590-0118
Contact: Dennis Miller
Email: millerd@wnmu.edu

NEVADA
Address: P.O. Box 184, Imlay, NV 89418; Shipping address: 9605 State Route 400, Imlay, NV 89418
Phone: 775-538-7093
Contact: Lynda Sugasa (founder & CEO)
Email: safehavenwildlife1@gmail.com

PENNSYLVANIA

East Coast Exotic Animal Rescue
Address: 320 Zoo Road, Fairfield, PA 17320
Phone: 717-642-5229
Contacts: Suzanne Murray; Cindy Arentz
Email: suzimonk@embarqmail.com

TEXAS

TWRC Wildlife Center
Address: 10801 Hammerly Blvd., Suite #200, Houston TX 77043
Phone: 713-468-8972
Contact: Cheryl Conley
Email: cheryl.r.conley@gmail.com

Wildlife Rescue & Rehab (Location 1)
Address: 335 Old Blanco Road, Kendalia, TX 78027
Phone: 210-257-8823
Contact: Kelly McCoy
Emails: KMcCoy@wildlife-rescue.org; info@wildlife-rescue.org

Wildlife Rescue & Rehab (Location 2)
Address: 1354 Basse Road, San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: 830-336-2725
Contact: Kelly McCoy
Emails: KMcCoy@wildlife-rescue.org; info@wildlife-rescue.org

VIRGINIA

Sacred Friends, Inc.
Address: 6412 Natrona Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23509
Phone: 757-855-2922
Contacts: Pearl & Jimmy Beamer
Email: SacredFriendWildlifeRehabb@gmail.com

Blue Ridge Wildlife Center
Address: 106 Island Farm Lane, Boyce, VA 22620
Phone: 540-837-9000
Contact: Heather Sparks
Email: info@blueridgewildlife.org

WASHINGTON

OPR Coastal Primate Sanctuary
Address: 717 Harmony Drive, Longview, WA 98632
Phone: 360-575-9231
Contact: Polly Schultz
Email: pollyschultz@oregonprimaterescue.com

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