Animal issue
Fur
Fur farming confines mink, fox, and chinchilla in small wire cages until they're killed for fashion. The market is shrinking — the question is whether policy and culture will close the rest of the gap.
What's at stake
U.S. fur farming has been in decline for two decades, but mink farms remain across several states. The COVID-19 pandemic surfaced fur farming’s role as a zoonotic disease vector and accelerated bans abroad. State-level legislative bans, retail and fashion-industry accountability, and consumer-attitude shifts together have a credible path to ending fur farming domestically within the next decade.
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What we fund within this issue
- State-level legislative bans on fur farming and fur sales.
- Retail and fashion-industry accountability campaigns.
- Narrative and media work that shifts cultural acceptance of fur.
- Research on fur farming’s public-health and ecological risks.
Current focus
Active state-level legislative campaigns and retailer accountability work.
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