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Historic news: France bans the farming of wild animals for their fur
18 NOVEMBER 2021, PARIS - In a historic move, today the French senate voted by an overwhelming majority in favour of legislation to end the...
Campaigners submit 880,457 #StopDeadlyFur petition signatures to G20 leaders
ROME - 20 OCTOBER 2021- The Fur Free Alliance handed over more than 880.000 signatures to Italy’s G20 delegation calling for urgent global action on...
Animal protection organisations welcome Member States’ call for an end of fur farming in the EU
28 JUNE 2021, BRUSSELS - Today, the Dutch and Austrian governments presented an information note on fur farming in the Council, which has already been...
Israel becomes world’s first country to ban fur sales
ISRAEL, JUNE 2021 - In a historic decision, Israel introduces a ban on the sales of animal furs, making it the first country to do...
COVID-19 first detected in European mink farms a year ago – NGOs and the public urge the EU to act
12 months after the SARS-CoV-2 virus was first detected in animals in a mink farm in the Netherlands, the EU has failed to take decisive...
New report finds that all mink farms should be considered “at risk” of COVID-19 infection
19 FEBRUARY 2021 - On the cusp of the mink breeding season, which is set to resume at the end of this month, the European...