New data show that fur production worldwide has dropped significantly as fur farming has become known for cruelty and public ...

W hile output in producing countries has decreased recently due to the culling of animals as a precaution against the spread ...

While fur coats remain status symbols in many cultures, fur producers have come under pressure on several fronts.

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...

a non-profit association representing U.S. mink farmers, insists online that “like other livestock operations, fur farming is governed by local, national and sometimes international regulations.” ...

In a letter to environment secretary Steve Reed, the cross-party group of 42 MPs and peers call for government backing for a ...

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — One local rescue will welcome home three wolfdogs that were among hundreds of animals saved Jan. 25 from an Ohio fur farm. Susan Vogt, founder and president of Middletown's ...

The 27-country EU, according to its most recent figures, estimates about 1,000 fur farms with roughly 7.7 million animals — including mink, fox and raccoon dogs — are active in the bloc.

In 2023, Imperial College London virologists urged that “fur farming, particularly mink, be eliminated in the interest of pandemic preparedness”. In all, outbreaks of both Covid and bird flu ...