8 SEPTEMBER 2015, BRUSSELS – The European Parliament has voted to strengthen the EU ban on trade in cruel commercial seal hunt products, finally seeing off years of legal challenges by Canada and Norway. The ban was introduced in 2009 following public outrage at the cruelty involved in seal hunts, including seals as young as

POLAND, 21 AUGUST 2015 – Last week, inspectors from the Polish Fur Free Alliance member organisation Otwarte Klatki intervened at a fox farm in Kiełczewo, Kościan commune in western Poland to rescue two fox cubs. Inspectors came across the wounded animals in the course of inspection carried out on the farm with the consent of

BULGARIA, 19 JULY 2015 – In a demonstration on July 19th of this year, Bulgarians protested against fur farming, and more specifically against the construction of a new mink farm owned by a company called Farmpro LTD. The demonstration was the second this year and was organized by the Bulgarian Vegetarian Society and supported by

9 JULY 2015 – The announcement of luxury brand HUGO BOSS earlier this week to drop fur from their collection received praise and media attention worldwide. The brand’s decision to leave products of extreme animal cruelty behind was broadly celebrated on social media by thousands of animal supporters and fashion consumers worldwide.  Quotes of Hugo

ZAGREB, 9 JULY 2015 – In July, the animal advocacy organization Animal Friends Croatia held a protest in front of the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture to give voice to the millions of Croatian citizens that wish to see a ban on chinchilla fur farming in Croatia. Since the breeding of animals for the purpose of fur

POLAND – 10 JULY 2015 – Polish member organization of the Fur Free Alliance, Otwarte Klatki, reports about strong public resistance among the local community to plans for the building of mink farms in Karśnice and Żegrówek. The local residents are worried about the environmental damage, the smell caused by the farms, minks that might