“The failure to act after SCAHAW was a moral & political failure,” said Mark Glover, Campaigns Director @Respect4Animals. “If the @EU_Commission ignores EFSA, it will be knowingly endorse the continued cruelty inflicted on millions of animals. This cannot happen a second time.”.

This isn’t the first time EU authorities have reached such a conclusion. The 2001 SCAHAW report exposed the failure of fur farms to meet basic animal welfare needs. Now 24 years on, after years of fur industry lobbying, rebranding and hollow welfare schemes, nothing has changed.

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A new scientific opinion published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) confirms what we and other campaigners have been saying for decades, namely that the systems of fur farming in the EU totally fail animal welfare needs.

RT @Act4AnimalsEU: 🚨 A new investigation by @GAIABrussels and @Respect4Animals reveals that luxury giant LVMH has invested a large amount o….

New fur farm investigation reveals need for unified EU legislation.

A new undercover investigation released today by @GAIABrussels records horror on European fur farms. Animals suffering in tiny cages, handled cruelly, then electrocuted. All just for their fur. This cruelty is not necessary. It’s time for a full fur sales ban in Britain.

RT @Tweet_ACTAsia: Our new Fur Report is making the news! . Both ACTAsia & our CEO, Pei, are quoted in the Mirror Newspaper . ACTAsia Arti….

RT @FurFreeAlliance: The fur trade's days are numbered - millions of animals spared from suffering and death. In 2023, global fur product….

RT @FurBearers: Did you know that Leg-hold traps – the type that grip an animal by their foot or lower leg – remain legal across Canada and….

RT @FurFreeAlliance: Contrary to what the fur industry claims, new data shows that fur bans in Europe are not moving the practice to China.….

A milestone for animal protection as the parliament in Romania votes to ban fur farming! .Last year we joined.@FurFreeAlliance colleagues in Bucharest to support this campaign. Now over 100,000 mink and chinchillas will no longer be cruelly bred and slaughtered for their fur.

RT @FurFreeAlliance: Historic win for animals! The Romanian Parliament has voted to ban fur farming 🎉. This morning the groundbreaking legi….

RT @Act4AnimalsEU: Good news from the UK, where a bill to ban #furfarming has been introduced in Parliament 👏🦊. Well done to our friends at….

Today @RuthJonesLabour introduces her bill to ban real fur imports in Britain! ❤️. We became the first country in the world to ban cruel fur farming, so why do we still allow these products to be imported and sold? 🧐. Let's finish the job. Let's make fur history. 🦊

We were there when the first bill to ban fur farming was submitted. We are here now, to get the job done. Let’s ban the cruel fur trade in Britain once and for all. #MakeFurHistory.

Great to attend this event in parliament today. We’re persuading MPs to back the campaign to ban real fur in Britain. Many thanks to @RuthJonesLabour for her vital bill.

RT @RuthJonesLabour: It is about time we shut up shop on the cruel and unnecessary fur trade. That is why tomorrow I will be tabling a Bill….

RT @LabourAnimals: @SueHayman1 @James_CIWF @AnimalPolicyInt @CrueltyFreeIntl A fur import and sale is critically important. Labour’s fur fa….

RT @EWoolfson: @Respect4Animals Fur farming poses a danger to humans as well as being hideously cruel to other species. It should end now.

"Personally, I think the fur farming industry globally should be closed down," says a leading virologist. When will governments do the right thing and shut down the cruel, dangerous, and unnecessary fur industry?