Some months ago we asked supporters to back a new and exciting initiative that we were calling ‘Fur for Animals’. Thanks to you, after raising funds through our newsletter and a Crowdfunder campaign, we were able to go ahead with the project. We sponsored a competition through the world-renowned creative organisation D&AD for the world’s most talented young designers and creatives to develop ideas for effective social media anti-fur campaigns.
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Top academics and campaigners from more than 12 countries are descending on Oxford from 23-26 July to debate the ethics of the international fur trade. The event is being organized by the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics on behalf of Respect for Animals Educational Trust and will result in a new, up to date and authoritative report for use in the future. Speaking about next month’s event, Mark Glover said:
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(Above: An example of US fur labelling) Respect for Animals believes that it is unreasonable and impractical for consumers to have to take recourse to unfair trading legislation to protect themselves against being duped into buying the products of the cruel fur trade. It is logical for specific and simple new legislation to be brought in which would stipulate an information requirement when real animal fur is included in any
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Click on the image to see how many of these beautuful animals have to be killed just for a fur coat that nobody really needs. Remember: Fur trim isn’t the ‘leftovers’ from making full length fur coats. It depends on the style and size of the garment but here is a guide to the number of animals that suffer and die for ‘fashion’.
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It has been another busy year in our campaign to end the cruel fur trade and 2025 promises to be eve ...
A private members’ bill to end the import and sale of real fur in Britain has been introduced ...
In a monumental victory for animal protection, the Romanian Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to b ...
