Red fox caugite in a steeljaw leghold trap

Since 1996, Wetlands has been at the forefront of the fight against the fur trade. Every year 40,000 animals are killed for their fur through cruel methods including neck breaking, trapping, and anal and genital electrocution. New York City is the most important city in the US to the fur industry, home to industry journals, designers, raw pelt sellers, and hundreds of retail outlets.

More fur is sold in New York than in any other American city. Wetlands has demonstrated against fur sales at hotels, individual fur stores, pro-fur propaganda in the New York Times, and the sale of "peripheral' fur items like ear muffs and fur coats by ritzy Fifth Avenue stores. Wetlands has organized numerous actions against the fur trade, both on our own and in conjunction with the Animal Defense League, Friends of Animals, and other groups.

Fur Free NYC -Wetlands' complete guide to anti-fur activism in NYC! Learn the facts about fur, about the industry and its allies, and about what you can do to put an end to the bloody fur trade!

Food Not Fur - Food Not Fur provides free food to hungry people in front of fur stores to illustrate the insensitivity of spending thousands on fur while others can't afford a decent meal - and the insensitivity of buying a luxury garment responsible created through animal torture.