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A scientific report has just been published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that puts any doubt about fur farming on minks, foxes, raccoon dogs, and chinchillas to rest. There are serious welfare problems associated with fur farming, and there is no way or means to prevent or restrain them. Not even the "responsible certifications" inside the fur industry: Welfur, SagaFurs, and FurMark, changes the sad story: small wired cages, a lack of room to move, deprivation of sensory experience, and unrelenting stress: yet this is the ugliness behind fashion that we are too often disconnected from.
Veterinarians in Europe agree it is time to end this senseless and cruel exploitation. Many countries in the EU have taken a stand against fur farming. Now it's up to the European Union to ban fur farming, trade and imports.
For those of us who truly care about animal welfare, we cannot pretend not to see it. Science is clear. The message is deafening: we have to end the exploitation of animals for fur. Once and for all.
References:
https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2025.9519
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