This week, X Factor judge and animal advocate Sharon Osbourne wrote to Croatia's minister of agriculture, Davor Romić, asking him to preserve a complete ban on fur farming - which is scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2017 but is currently threatened because of a proposed exception for fur taken from chinchillas. After banning fur from her own closet, Osbourne teamed up with PETA US to narrate a video revealing how chinchillas suffer and die on fur farms and urging everyone to refuse to wear fur coats or trim. Her full letter is below, written on behalf of PETA US, and more information is available at PETA.org.uk.

 

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