Where next for fur farming?

Where next for fur farming?

by | Jun 6, 2025 | Fox farm, Mink farm

Last month, Bulgaria shut down its last mink farm, and we learned that every one of Sweden’s remaining mink farms has applied for government financial support to close down. Plus a proposed fur farming ban in Poland is gaining support. 22 countries in Europe...
Only fur farm in Missouri has closed

Only fur farm in Missouri has closed

by | May 1, 2025 | Fox farm

The Mid-Missouri Fox Farm was the only fur farm in the state of Missouri, and the southernmost farm on our list. The property has been sold, and it looks like the new owners are not continuing in the fur business. Although a few sheds remain, the rows of fox cages...
There is no such thing as a cage-free fur farm

There is no such thing as a cage-free fur farm

by | Mar 26, 2025 | Fox farm, Mink farm

40% of laying hens in the U.S. are no longer confined to tiny wire cages. Over the last 10 years, thanks to groups such as The Humane League, there has been tremendous progress in ending the use of battery cages, gestation crates and other forms of extreme confinement...
Smeal fox farm in Scribner, Nebraska

Smeal fox farm in Scribner, Nebraska

by | Feb 4, 2025 | Fox farm

Conditions inside the Ohio fur farm that was in the news last week were terrible, but not unique. This was filmed at the Smeal fox farm in Scribner, Nebraska, where foxes continue to suffer in horribly small cages inside ramshackle sheds. Foxes are social animals, but...
Hundreds of animals rescued from fur farm in Ohio

Hundreds of animals rescued from fur farm in Ohio

by | Jan 28, 2025 | Fox farm

Disturbing video from Humane World for Animals of the end of the Grand River Fur Exchange in Rome, Ohio. Humane World for Animals stepped in to help hundreds of animals after the farm owner died in late December. There are now only 3 mink farms and one fox farm...
It’s the time for year-end lists

It’s the time for year-end lists

by | Dec 29, 2024 | Fox farm, Mink farm

In 2024, we confirmed the closure of 70 fur farms across the U.S. Thank you to everyone who sent us photos and reports from farm visits this year! We plan to continue to whittle down our list in 2025. (Photos from the now-closed Woodring Fur Farm in Fredericksburg,...
“We found only ruins”

“We found only ruins”

by | Nov 12, 2024 | Fox farm

Report from activists: “Earlier this fall, on the lakeside grounds of what we thought would be the Sieverding Fox Farm (36414 130th St, Dundee, Minnesota), we found only ruins. Despite being well before pelting season, the area was in complete disuse. The two...