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Here's How to Use the HSUS Trapping Awareness Kit The HSUS thanks you for offering to help spread the word about the tragic consequences of buying furs. The contents of this kit should enable you—working on your own or with the assistance of others—to begin an anti-trapping campaign in your community. Here are some suggested ways to use the materials enclosed. Inside, you'll find 10 camera-ready advertisements (5 each of a coyote and badger) that can be placed in local newspapers. We suggest that you meet with the publishers or managing editors of papers in your area and try to convince them that they would be providing a public service by running the ads free of charge. (Remember, however, newspapers are not required to run public service information.) If this approach fails, try enlisting several local businesses or civic leaders to cosponsor the ad, running their names at the bottom of the message. (The Humane Society of the United States grants permission for you to add your name or that of your animal-welfare organization to the advertisement. If, however, you want to run the names of commercial firms who may have purchased the ad space for you, you must obtain permission from The HSUS. Write: Permissions, The Humane Society of the United States, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Please include names and brief descriptions of commercial firms. We would greatly appreciate receiving a copy of any ad you successfully place.) You might also want to make photocopies of the advertisements and use them as mini-posters. As with the two larger posters inside this packet, obtain permission to hang them in community centers, libraries, schools, local businesses, or wherever you think they might draw public attention. Also, use photocopies as hand-outs when attending anti-fur demonstrations or rallies of any sort. Have them on hand if you set up displays or man anti-trapping booths at rallies, shopping malls, county fairs, or schools. Ask your friends to wear the enclosed "Every Fur Coat Hurts" decals at demonstrations and other functions, and adhere them to car windows or bumpers. The Close-Up Reports and "Trapped Animals" pamphlets (you'll find 5 of each in the packet) are excellent vehicles to educate the press, friends, neighbors, club members, etc. If you wish to use them as hand-outs, additional copies can be obtained in quantities by completing the enclosed order blank. You may want to refer to the sample letter to the editor when writing to area papers to express your opposition to trapping. Be sure to add any personal feelings, experiences, or comments that would be of particular interest to individuals in your community. (OVER)