KOPENHAGEN, 6 OCTOBER 2014 – September fur auctions in Finland and Denmark report precipitous price drops of mink fur compared to 2013. The average mink fur price fell down 55 percent at the most recent Finnish Saga Furs auction, while this year’s sales figures of Kopenhagen Fur in Denmark dropped 40 percent. Luxury products such as

95% of fur comes from fur farms, meaning more than 100 million animals worldwide, including raccoon dogs, rabbits, foxes, mink, and chinchillas, are raised in cages and killed each year for their fur. Life is hell for animals on fur farms. Not only are cage-raised animals killed inhumanely, but they suffer from numerous physical and

Millions of wild animals, including bobcats, coyotes, foxes, lynx, raccoons, and wolves, suffer and die in traps each year, mainly in the US, Canada and Russia, although trapping does occur in other countries too on a smaller scale. Traps, including steel-jaw leghold traps, body-gripping traps, and wire neck snares, are inhumane devices that inflict great

The seal hunt is the largest most brutal slaughter of marine mammals on the planet and brings shame upon Canada. The annual slaughter sees thousands of baby seals clubbed or shot for their fur every year – over 2 million killed in the last 10 years. According to vets who have studied the hunt, it

The production of fur is associated with high environmental costs. Far from being “natural, renewal resources,” real fur products consume more of our precious and irreplaceable energy resources than do those made from synthetic materials. Animal skin, once removed, will rot, unless it is treated with toxic chemicals. Even then, it must be kept cool and