Wolf & Badger sign up to be a ‘Fur Free Retailer’

Respect for Animals is delighted to announce that world leader in independent fashion, Wolf & Badger, has signed up to the official Fur Free Retailer program. With prestigious stores in London’s Mayfair and Notting Hill, as well as in New York, Wolf & Badger sells the world’s best independent fashion, jewellery, accessory, homeware and beauty brands. Wolf & Badger is home to over 600 of the world’s best designers just
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VF Corporation becomes a Fur Free Retailer

VF Corporation, a global leader in branded lifestyle apparel, footwear and accessories, joined the Fur Free Retailer program by partnering with the Fur Free Alliance, an international coalition of 43 animal protection organizations. As a Fur Free Retailer, VF is reinforcing its commitment to fur free products and communicating its no fur policy, which covers its more than 20 brands, including Vans®, The North Face®, Timberland®, Wrangler®, Lee® and Napapijri®. VF released its
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Finnish government urged to end breeding of severely obese foxes for fur

The recently revealed selective breeding of super-sized foxes on Finnish fur farms has caused an uproar in the international press. The shocking footage, that shows Arctic foxes so large they can barely move, has alarmed citizens and animal rights organizations across the globe.   Member organizations of the international animal protection coalition Fur Free Alliance urges Finland to use all measures available to end the cruel breeding of the extremely
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Fashion Giants Agree That The Future Of Fashion Is Fur Free

As more and more big fashion retailers become fur-free, the Fur Free Retailer (FFR) website has been re-launched with a new, more user-friendly look. The Yoox Net-a-Porter group has just become the 750th member of the FFR program joining UK high street retailers M&S, John Lewis, Liberty and Monsoon. As the global Fur Free Retailer (FFR) program welcomes YOOX NET-A-PORTER as its 750th member since its formation in 2002 its
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New footage of Finnish fur farm shows horrific obesity in foxes.

The Finnish organisation Oikeutta eläimille has published photos and video shot at five Finnish farms showing overweight farmed blue foxes. The video shows caged, silver-coated foxes so overweight they appear to have difficulty moving around their cages. Oikeutta eläimille captured the shocking video footage at five fur farms across Ostrobothnia in western Finland. The videos were shot in the spring of 2017. The video, which is narrated in Finnish with
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