Design Against Fur Awards Ceremony

Monday, September 21, 2009

Tonight the winners of the 2009 Design Against Fur UK & Ireland student poster design competition will be gathered at dreamspace gallery, London for a reception hosted by Respect for Animals.

The winning artworks are all showcased in an exhibition, open until 30th September, at the dreamspace gallery, 1-3 Dufferin Street, London EC1.  A selection of images can be seen in the Design Against Fur section of this website.

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Design Against Fur exhibition at dreamspace

Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Respect for Animals hosts an exhibition of the 2009 Design Against Fur student design competition at the dreamspace gallery in London, from Tuesday 1 September to Wednesday 30 September 2009.

All the exhibited artworks have been produced by UK based students.

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Council of the European Union Adopts Seal Ban

Monday, July 27, 2009

Today the General Affairs Council of the European Union formally adopted the ban on the placing of the market of seal products throughout the EU without discussion.

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Mink Farming to Be Banned by The World’s Third Largest Producing Country

Friday, July 10, 2009

On 30 June a majority in the Dutch Parliament voted in favour of a bill banning the farming of mink for fur on ethical grounds. 

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Canada’s annual seal hunt ends after only a quarter of the quota is reached

Monday, June 29, 2009

The quota for this year’s hunt off the east coast of Canada had been set at 338,000 but has now closed and official figures show that 70,000 seals were in fact killed.  Fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada, took some 70,000 seals.  The fishermen taking part in the hunt blame a drastic fall in pelt prices brought about by the (then) impending European Union ban on seal products which was passed on 5 May and is expected to come into effect in October. 

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