2025: Major Wins for Our Global Fur-Free Movement
16 JANUARY 2026 – As we start the new year, we’re reflecting on some of the incredible progress made in 2025 toward ending fur cruelty. With your support, more governments took steps to shut down cruel fur farms, and more fashion brands chose to go fur-free, sparing millions of animals from confinement and suffering. Globally,
Breaking: Poland bans fur farming
WARSAW, 2 DECEMBER 2025 – In a landmark victory for animals, Polish President Karol Nawrocki has signed legislation to reject fur cruelty, making Poland the 24th country in Europe to end fur farming. Under the new law, establishing new fur farms is prohibited with immediate effect, and all existing facilities must cease operations by 31
Veterinarians call for global fur farming phase-out
The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), together with FECAVA (the Federation of Companion Animal Veterinary Associations) and WSAVA (the World Small Animal Veterinary Association), has issued a joint statement calling for a global phase-out of fur farming within the next ten years. The statement, adopted on 14 November 2025 at the FVE General Assembly
Fur farms’ disproportionate costs highlight need for full ban
Brussels, 15 October 2025 — The report, A full-cost account of the EU fur industry, sheds light on the fragile economic state of the fur industry, with EU fur farms declining by 73% over one decade, and production expected to decline by a further 15 — 20% by 2028. As the prices of pelts plummeted,
Switzerland rejects fur lobby influence
Switzerland has taken an important step towards a future without cruelly produced fur. On 17 September 2025, the Swiss National Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strong counterproposal to the Fur Import Ban Initiative. This move rejects attempts by the fur lobby to legitimise their own labels as a guarantee for animal welfare standards in
Global anti-fur coalition targets outerwear brand Woolrich for supporting animal cruelty
11 September 2025 – Today, the Fur Free Alliance launched a global campaign urging outerwear brand Woolrich to join its competitors—including Canada Goose, Moncler, Napapijri, Parajumpers, Patagonia and many others—in adopting a fur-free policy. The coalition is made up of 50 animal protection organizations in more than 30 countries, likely making this Woolrich campaign one