Donate your bun’s fur for the oil spill

[sibley]

Hi Guys!

I did a quick search and didn’t find anything about it in here, so I apologize if someone already addressed this, and no hard feelings to the admins if they feel the need to delete it.

Matter of Trust is collecting human and animal hair to be stuffed into nylon stockings and used to absorb the oil from the spill in the Gulf.  Apparently human hair can collect 3x its mass in oil.  I found a small description at http://www.independent.com/news/201…oil-spill/:

Ways Your Pet Can Help

The San Francisco-based charity called Matter of Trust has been collecting hair and using it to create mats that are then stuffed into nylons, making tubes or booms that help contain the oil. Matter of Trust can use all pet fur, wool, horse hair, feathers, and human hair. If you have your pet groomed, encourage your grooming parlor to donate all that hair. According to hairstylist and oil spill hair mat inventor Phil McCrory, “You shampoo your hair because it gets greasy. Hair is very efficient at collecting oil out of the air, off surfaces like your skin and out of the water, even petroleum oil.” To learn more about how you can donate your hair or your pet’s hair, visit matteroftrust.org.

So I thought it’d be really cool if we could all get together and do this if it’s not being done already!  I’ve signed up and will be getting the address to one of their warehouses soon.  My username on Excess Access is the same as it is here.  If anyone’s interested in donating their hair and their pets’ hair send me a PM and I’ll get you the address of the warehouse as soon as I’m given it.  You can alternatively sign up on your own but I found the process to not be very user-friendly.

[Barbie]

That sounds like a GREAT idea! It’s not like you’re loosing any $ or anything – unless you spin the hair for knitting – but I think we only have a couple members on here that have the skills to do that I actually heard about it a week or so ago on the radio. Unfortunately (but fortunately for me) no one is shedding. I’l keep it in mind inf anyone starts a molt soon!

[Monkeybun]

At the monthly RA meeting this last weekend, a bunch of people brought in bags of fur to donate to it. Its a greta thing to do, but my buns dont shed enough.. and I have to keep their fur for now

[Andi]

Your bun’s don’t shed? i’m so jealous, I look like a bunny I get SO much hair on me from some of my guys LOL I think Ani’s shedding alone could clean up that spill :p lol

[Monkeybun]

They shed, just not much Monkey is so little, she just doesnt have that much fur. And Moose does small sheds, he doesnt blow his coat.

[LittlePuffyTail]

It’s too bad this wasn’t a month ago… My horse shed out about 4 wheelbarrows of hair!

[FluffyBunny]

I’ve been seriously considering doing this. I’ve saved every bit of fur Mr. Bunny has lost in a bag (yes, odd, I know) so I have a whole lot now.

[KatnipCrzy]

I could easily collect my dogs and cats hair.  But the bunnies hair- especially Cotton and Schroeder (Mini Lops)- they have thick fluffy hair that goes EVERYWHERE when it is combed.  It is much softer than cat hair and seems lighter as it wafts around everywhere- except when I use the HairBuster comb.  Griffin’s fur is more sleek so it is not was “wafty”.  Does anyone else have this problem with rabbit hair???

[LittlePuffyTail]

Bindi’s hair is like that too. After I brush him I see little white tufts in the air!

[sibley]

if you use the cat-brush style, with all the fine teeth in a brush pattern, when I had Todd that worked a little TOO well for catching it.

[bunnytowne]

I heard about that.   That thing is leaking way more oil than BP is telling.  They were forced to give videos over to the states after much chasing after.   And whoa  talk about a gusher. 

Such a shame.  Honestly I don’t think we could get enuf hair for to collect the oil.  It is going to be coming aound to where we live once it hits that stream.  

So much for drill baby drill.    Mr. Pres said he would get more companies to go green.  I know he has a lot on his to do list and that health care sure took some work.    However I think now is the go green time.

[sibley]

Hi Guys,
I got the list of warehouses to send your hair/fur to. You can suggest your hairdressers do it with their shops’ messes as well! Below is a list of where to send to based on state name. They also have facilities set up for Canada and South/Central America.

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS A-C PLEASE SEND HERE (Alaska would send here):
Hair for Booms
56721 Dwyer St.
Slidell, LA. 70458

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS D-F PLEASE SEND HERE (Delaware would send here):
Hair for Booms
1811 Blackbird
Pensacola, FL. 32534

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS G-K PLEASE SEND HERE (Hawaii would send here):
Hair for Booms
328 North East Race Track Road
Fort Walton Beach, FL. 32547

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS L-N PLEASE SEND HERE (Maine would send here):
Hair for Booms
The Ritz-Carlton Hotels of New Orleans
921 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS O-R PLEASE SEND HERE (Rhode Island would send here):
Hair for Booms
4313 West Pearl Avenue
Tampa FL 33611

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS S-U PLEASE SEND HERE (Utah would send here):
Hair for Booms
52 Adams St.
Mobile, AL. 36602

IF YOUR STATE STARTS WITH THE LETTERS V-Z PLEASE SEND HERE (Vermont would send here):
Hair for Booms
3986 Wimbledon Park
Mobile, AL. 36606

IF YOU’RE SENDING FROM CANADA PLEASE SEND HERE:
Hair for Booms
1861 Old Government St
Mobile, AL. 36606

IF YOU’RE SENDING FROM CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA, ASIA, AFRICA PLEASE SEND HERE:
Hair for Booms
The Arc of Greater New Orleans
925 S. Labarre rd
Metairie, LA 70001

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