The Europeans Citizens’ call for a Fur Free Europe was presented today at the European Parliament: animal protection organisations, scientists and former fur industry representatives reiterated the critical need for the EU to ban the cruel practice of fur farming once and for all, while they stressed the importance of the publication of the full proposals on animal welfare More than 1.5 million citizens asked for a Fur Free Europe, and
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A newly published scientific briefing paper confirms that attempts to introduce cage enrichment or alternative housing systems as a means of improving welfare on fur farms would be doomed to fail. As the European Commission considers the revision of animal welfare legislation, the report concludes that a ban on fur farming across the EU is the only viable solution to the major welfare problems for mink, foxes and raccoon dogs
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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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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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6 June 2022: In the latest confirmation that fur is not green, the Bulgarian Environment Minister Borislav Sandov has announced a ban on the breeding and import of American Mink. The ban, introduced on the grounds of protecting native biodiversity, will lead to the closure of Bulgaria’s last remaining fur farm. The prohibition on mink fur farming will enter into force after its publication in the State Gazette. Sandov, Minister
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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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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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