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Fur Trade Advertisement Banned by Advertising Standards Authority
The European Fur Breeders Association (EFBA) can no longer claim that fur is an environmentally friendly product.
This decision was made by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) following a complaint . The ASA ruled the EFBA’s advert isement which appeared in the European magazine 'The Parliament Magazine' with the headline 'Why it’s eco-friendly to wear fur…'…
CANADA’S WAR ON SEALS CONTINUES
At a time when markets for seal products are closing as the people of the world turn their backs on the cruel Canadian seal hunt and at a time when the sea ice the seals need to give birth on due to climate change,
the Canadian government has just announced seal quotas for 2012 of 400,000 harp seals and 8,200 hooded seals.This callous disregard for the welfare of the seals as well as the very future of the species beggers belief. Any responsible management authority…
Truly amazing anti-fur film made in Norway in 1977
We have just uncovered this truly amazing old anti-fur film made in Norway in 1977. Please take a look at it as it is as relevant today as it was at the time it was made.
It shows how, despite the promises made by the fur trade that things have improved and the welfare of animals on fur factory farms is fine, nothing has changed in the intervening 34 years. Animals are seen performing stereotyped behaviour in tiny, barren wire cages,…
New Opinion Poll in Belgium Shows 9 out of 10 Want to see Fur Farming Banned
A new Ipsos poll shows that 86% of Belgians would like to see a ban on fur farming in Belgium. The poll also showed that 82% of those questioned are opposed to the rearing and killing of animals mainly or solely for their fur even if it were possible to
Similar polls taken in 2004 and 2009 showed mass opposition to killing animals for their fur. It is now time for Belgian politicians to follow the example set by the UK and Austria and to ban fur factory farming in their country. The poll also revealed that only 7%…
AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CONDEMNS TRAPPERS KILLING METHOD
Last winter, a Respect for Animals’ investigator working undercover filmed trappers in North America catching and killing wild animals for their fur. The main method the trappers used to kill trapped animals was to simply stamp or kneel on them.
On the soundtrack of the film the sounds of the animals' ribs breaking and their wheezing and gasping can clearly be heard as they die. To any ordinary person this is not a humane method of killing an animal yet it is used for millions of animals each winter during…
Russia Bans the Import and Export of Harp Seal Skins
Respect for Animals welcomes the news that Belarus, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation have banned the import and export of harp seal skins as a massive victory in the campaign to end the commercial seal hunt in Canada.
Canada claims that Russia is one of the last two major remaining markets for Canadian seal products, reportedly importing up to 90% of Canada's seal pelts. The European Union ban on the placing on the market of commercial seal products came into force in 2010 and, in…
Coalition of Animal Welfare Organisations Call on Irish Government To Honour Commitment To Ban Fur Farming
New Film taken in Irish Fur Farm Shows Need for Ban
Film released for the first time today showing conditions on a mink farm in Ireland (Co Sligo) will be used as evidence in a submission to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine urging the government to honour the commitment to ban fur factory farming. The…
Fur Trade Chief's Past Support for Anti-Fur Campaigns Exposed
The International Fur Trade Federation's Chief Executive (disgraced former MP Mark Oaten) used to support the anti-fur campaign, Respect for Animals reveals today (5 October 2011).
Earlier this year (22 March) the Telegraph reported: ‘Mark Oaten, the former Liberal Democrat MP who quit parliament after cheating on his wife with a rent boy, has taken a job promoting the fur trade.' Oaten is currently Chief Executive of the International Fur…
EU Brings in Fur Labelling for Clothing
(12 May 2011) Garments on sale in the EU will soon have to state if they contain any real fur or leather.
The European parliament has approved a new EU regulation to give shoppers more information about the composition of textiles. Clothing trimmed with or containing any fur or leather will be labelled with the phrase "contains non-textile parts of animal origin".…
Respect for Animals Causes a Storm at the World's Largest Seafood Expo
"Boycott Canadian Seafood" was the unexpected chatter at the world's largest seafood trading event, the Brussels Seafood Expo, this week (3 May 2011).
A team from Respect for Animals caused a storm at the conference in a protest against the Canadian seal slaughter, giving out thousands of toy harp seals with information about the seal slaughter to expo visitors. Our team talked to visitors, explaining that…
