Meredith Lee/Humane World for Animals

Illinois: Urge your state representative to support HB4777

Each year, tens of millions of animals suffer and are killed for their fur, all in the name of frivolous fur fashion. The vast majority of that fur comes from animals confined for their entire short lives in tiny wire cages on industrial-sized factory fur farms.

These facilities contain row upon row of small, cramped cages holding animals like mink and foxes. Such confinement prevents animals from expressing basic natural behaviors and causes severe stress, especially for species that are naturally solitary.

The close confinement of stressed animals in unnatural conditions allows diseases to take hold and spread rapidly. In recent years, animals on fur farms in North America have suffered from zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 and avian influenza. This is a major health risk for the animals themselves and for humans, too.

Illinois does not currently regulate fur production facilities, where hundreds to thousands of wild animals are confined in small cages and killed solely for fashion. The newly introduced Fur VIRUS Act (HB4777) would license and regulate existing facilities and prevent the establishment of new fur facilities in Illinois.

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Please send a message to your state representative urging them to support the Fur VIRUS Act to license and regulate existing fur production facilities and prevent the establishment of new fur facilities in Illinois, using the form below.

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As your constituent, I urge you to support the Fur VIRUS Act (HB4777) to license existing fur production facilities and prevent new fur facilities in Illinois. Illinois does not currently regulate fur production facilities, where hundreds to thousands of wild animals like foxes and mink are confined in small cages and killed solely for fashion. Not only are these facilities extremely cruel, but they also pose serious public health risks to our communities by spreading zoonotic diseases. 

HB4777 is a commonsense bill that allows our state to license and regulate the few remaining fur facilities in Illinois while preventing the establishment of new facilities. I urge your support of this critical legislation.

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