The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) commends today’s filing of the Mink Facility Disease Prevention Act in Illinois, which ...

W hile output in producing countries has decreased recently due to the culling of animals as a precaution against the spread ...

In particular, outbreaks of bird flu on hundreds of European fur farms pose similar risks to human health, the MPs and peers say. open image in gallery Fur farm animals suffer painful injuries and ...

Also concerns about fur farms and their potential link to Covid-19 led to the end of many businesses. During 2023, China produced 100% of the racoon dog fur globally, 91% of fox, and 31% of mink.

Ohio does not have laws or standards of care for fur farms or slaughter. They add that New York’s ban on anal and genital electrocution of foxes is the only state-level law on fur farm welfare.

Dozens of MPs and peers have raised the alarm over “a very serious risk to public health” from the trade in real fur after viruses with a high risk of spreading to humans were found on Chinese fur ...