• Mink in a BC Fur FarmUsing techniques forged by factory farmers, ‘fur farms’ are places where animals are kept and killed in order to produce fur pelts.
  • Animals, including fox, mink, raccoon dogs, and rabbits are kept in tiny bare cages – often only large enough for them to turn around. These highly intelligent, sentient animals are prevented from fulfilling their most basic psychological and emotional needs through play, social interaction and exploration.
  • The few standards that exist are often created by industry and are voluntary as opposed to legally binding.
  • Over 100,000,000 animals are killed for their fur every year worldwide.
  • In the wild, mink spend up to 60 per cent of their time in the water, have a home range of 5km2 and are extremely territorial. On fur farms, mink spend their entire lives in cages measuring 1’ by 3’, never have the chance to swim, and live crammed up against hundreds – even thousands – of other animals.
  • Fox, raccoon dogs, rabbits and other fur-bearing animals kept on fur farms are highly social animals who never get a taste of freedom they are born craving.
  • The environmental damage caused by fur farms is different in every region, but rarely are there appropriate controls to protect ecosystems.
  • More information on the various fur-bearing animals killed for their fur, as well as statistics and regulations pertaining to fur farms can be found here