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 ...

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

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

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

Hundreds of animals, including foxes, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and coyotes, have been rescued from a fur farm near Cleveland, Ohio.

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

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 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 ...