Today (20 July 2023) the European Citizen Initiative (ECI) organisers formally met with the European Commission (EC) to present the case, and signify the importance of a full harmonised ban on fur farms and on the placement of farmed fur products on the European market. Respect for Animals Director, Mark Glover, spoke at the event on the animal welfare argument for banning fur farming across the EU, bringing decades of
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Lithuanian animal protection organisation, and colleagues of Respect for Animals in the Fur Free Alliance, “Tušti narvai” today publishes shocking footage that reveals the cruel reality for animals killed for their fur. The new undercover investigation into fur farms in Lithuania reveals animals punched, thrown, and suffocated in gas chambers, and for the first time includes clear footage from inside a killing box. The published images from eight fur farms
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On January 1 2023, California’s historic ban on the sale and manufacturing of new animal fur products took effect, making California the first state in the USA to take this action against the cruel and unnecessary fur trade. The bill, AB44, was authored by state assembly member Laura Friedman, and applies to all new clothing, handbags, shoes and other items made with fur. Those found breaking the law could face
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In October 2022, Respect for Animals took part in ACTAsia’s Compassion In Fashion Forum, which, for the first time, was a part of Shenzhen Fashion Week. The event was organised by our close colleagues ACTAsia, a group that campaigns against fur in China. Richard Bissett from Respect for Animals remotely presented our findings about the environmental impact of the fur industry, in from of attendees in Shenzhen and thousands of
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(This text is taken from the 2017 Oxford lecture at the ‘Animal Ethics’ Global Summit: Ferrater Mora Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics – Author: Jasmine Alexander) It’s taken me a long while to fully and comprehensively find myself committed to a peaceful existence… by this I mean whilst I have been a conscious pacifist since the age of 17, an animal advocate my entire existence and vegetarian since the age
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The cruel and brutal Canadian seal hunt has begun on the ice floes off the coast of Newfoundland. Over the coming weeks, thousands of beautiful, innocent baby seals will be clubbed or shot. With favourable ice conditions this year, 2022 is set to see this gruesome spectacle even more deplorable than usual. Most of the seals killed are less than a few months old. At the time of slaughter, many
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Respect for Animals is delighted that the Bill to ban fur farming in the Republic of Ireland has passed the final stages of the parliamentary process. Having passed the Dáil in early 2022, the Bill passed its final stage in the Seanad on the evening of Tuesday 29 March 2022. The legislation now goes to the President to be signed into law. Ireland becomes the most recent country to ban
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The media in Britain is reporting that the government is set to U-turn on plans to end the import and sale of cruel fur. Towards the end of last year, Environment minister Lord Goldsmith stated that the government would legislate to ban imports at “the earliest possible slot”. That now appears to have been shelved. The BBC has reported: But it’s understood a ban on foie gras and fur imports
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The Fur Free Alliance, and its nearly 60 members around the globe, celebrates Italian luxury brand Dolce&Gabbana for no longer using animal fur in any of its collections starting in 2022. The new policy is in accordance with the Fur Free Alliance’s guidelines. Dolce&Gabbana will be working with furriers to transition to eco-friendly faux fur in response to changing consumer tastes. Fedele Usai, Group Communication & Marketing Officer at Dolce&Gabbana,
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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 ...
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