Mink farming is a public health risk

Mink farming is a public health risk

A study published earlier this month found that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) continues to circulate in U.S. farmed mink, that mink can serve as “reservoirs” for the virus, and that the virus has spread from mink to other wildlife. The 3-year...
Joan Galvin: Fur industry lobbyist

Joan Galvin: Fur industry lobbyist

Opposition research: Washington lobbyist Joan Galvin has joined Fur Commission USA as an honorary board member (only active fur farmers are eligible to serve as regular board members). It would be hard to find somebody more entrenched in animal abuse industries as...
69 mink farms remaining in the U.S.

69 mink farms remaining in the U.S.

Earlier this year in testimony before state legislative committees, Fur Commission USA Executive Director Challis Hobbs claimed, “mink farming in the U.S. supports over 100 family farms.” It turns out that he had rounded up significantly! Here’s a...