Activism & Animals Active Updated Sep 8, 2026
The EU fur ban decision
Where it stands, Sep 8, 2026 GAIA and Project 1882 released footage recorded on Finnish fox farms between November 2025 and April 2026 showing animals bred so oversized for their pelts that skin sags in folds, with untreated eye infections and injuries.
The European Commission's decision on the Fur Free Europe ban, triggered by a citizens' initiative that gathered over 1.5 million signatures, was expected in March 2026 and remains delayed. Undercover footage keeps surfacing showing fur farms breeding animals deformed for oversized pelts, testing whether public pressure forces the Commission to act.
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Sep 8, 2026 Latest
GAIA and Project 1882 released footage recorded on Finnish fox farms between November 2025 and April 2026 showing animals bred so oversized for their pelts that skin sags in folds, with untreated eye infections and injuries. Auction house Saga Furs sold more than 12,000 pelts exceeding the fur industry's own size cap at its March sale, despite a pledge made after similar images surfaced in 2017.
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