Responding to concerns raised by an animal rights organization, two theatre companies in southwestern Ontario have opted to donate old fur garments from their wardrobe collections so they can be used in animal rehabilitation.

Earlier this month, the Palace Theatre in London announced plans for a flash fur sale. The group originally saw the fur sell-off as a way to recycle the old garments they no longer had use for in their stage productions.

"These furs, for the most part, come from estates where the kids don't know what to do with mom's fur coat," read the notice. "Selling a vintage coat [between 35 and 70 years old] seemed like a good way to reduce, reuse, recycle."

This image from animal rights activist Jenny McQueen's Instagram page shows a young fox sleeping on a fur coat that was

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