WARSAW – 02 December 2025 – Poland's President Karol Nawrocki today signed legislation banning fur farming. The move is particularly significant as Poland is Europe's largest fur producer and the ...

MILAN — Italy is permanently banning fur farming throughout the country and plans to close the 10 remaining mink fur farms within six months. The Italian senate’s Budget Committee voted to approve a ...

A caged arctic fox. Photo by Claire Bass, via Humane Society International. The Minneapolis City Council adopted a new code last year that prohibits fur stores in the city. This decision follows ...

Fur farming has surfaced many times in debates across Europe, but Poland’s latest decision moves the conversation into new ...

France Quits Fur Farming Fur farming is now a thing of the past in France. In November, the French Senate voted by an overwhelming majority in favor of legislation to end the farming of wild animals ...

Fur and faux fur are back in the spotlight, but the trend doesn't necessarily mean that buying animal pelts is fashionable ...

GENEVA (AP) — A red fox frantically scratches the wires of its small cage. An Arctic fox meanders lazily with a bloody tail. Other furry creatures, some with teary eyes, stare blankly into a light on ...

Fur seems to be making a high fashion comeback, the September issue of National Geographic reports. “The current revival is a story of the fur trade responding to its critics and often outmaneuvering ...

PROVIDENCE — The Humane Society of the United States is pushing to have Rhode Island become only the second state in the country, along with California, that bans the sale of fur products. The bill ...

Activists have released disturbing images showing "extreme animal suffering" on several fur farms in China, including instances of raccoon dogs being electrocuted. Humane Society International (HSI) ...

As coronavirus tears through the world’s mink farms, the pandemic is accelerating the shuttering of a controversial industry. Earlier this month, the Danish government ordered the country’s mink farms ...