Chances are, it came from a terrified mink in a tiny cage. About 85 percent of the fur used in coats, scarves, wraps, and other fashion items is derived from animals in fur farms, primarily mink. Like ...

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 ...

Foxes, raccoons, wolf-dog hybrids, skunks, opossums and coyotes reportedly were found living in filthy wire-bottom cages that offered little protection from the elements. Several animals were in ...

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 ...