Fur Factory Farming Could Be History in Canada—Make Your Opinion Known!

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Shocking undercover images given to Animal Justice by We Animals Media reveal that foxes are still being confined to small, rusty, and barren cages with inadequate protection from the elements and that minks are kept in filthy, cramped conditions—including cages and nesting boxes coated with dirt, rust, and cobwebs—at two of Québec’s last remaining fur farms.

A nationwide ban on fur farming—in which sick, stressed animals are crammed together in unsanitary conditions ripe for breeding diseases—would protect Canadians from dangerous zoonotic diseases that can jump from other species to humans. British Columbia has already recognized that fur farming is a major health threat to the public and banned mink fur farming after the animals contracted the coronavirus from human workers. Keeping the rest of Canada’s fur farms open creates an opportunity for another pandemic to occur.

Over a million minks, foxes, and other animals suffer in the violent fur-farming trade, which condemns them to a life of deprivation and a violent death. As seen in this PETA video, minks on Canadian fur farms are warehoused inside filthy, cramped wire cages amid their own waste. Workers kill the animals by breaking their necks, electrocuting them, or gassing them, before peeling their skin off.

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Minks are shy, solitary animals who are naturally fearful of humans and enjoy having a vast wetland habitat in which to forage, climb, and swim. Foxes are intelligent nocturnal animals with keen senses of smell and hearing who play an important ecological role, as they “clean” the environment. Denying minks, foxes, and other animals their freedom supports speciesism, and we need your help to end it.

Even before the pandemic, the fur industry was in a downward spiral. Hundreds of major fashion designers and houses—including Dolce & Gabbana, Versace, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, and Burberry—have shunned fur, and a 2022 poll commissioned by The Fur-Bearers has found that 74% of Canadians support a ban on fur farming.

Please use the form below to send an urgent message to your member of Parliament letting them know you support ending fur farming in Canada.

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Message to {contact_data~firstName} {contact_data~lastName}:

As your constituent, I am horrified by the cruelty endured by animals in the fur industry. Therefore, I respectfully request that you support a ban on fur farming throughout Canada.

Investigations have repeatedly exposed horrific cruelty to animals on fur farms. Investigators have documented that animals are electrocuted, bludgeoned, gassed, and even skinned alive—all just to make a coat, collar, or trinket. Minks and other animals exploited for fur are typically confined to filthy, cramped wire cages for their entire lives, and the intensive confinement causes many to exhibit symptoms of “zoochosis,” or captivity-induced insanity, such as frantic pacing, circling, gnawing on cage bars, and even self-mutilation. Virologists and epidemiologists confirm that cramming sick and stressed animals together in unsanitary conditions creates the perfect breeding ground for dangerous zoonotic diseases, which can jump to humans. It’s no surprise that these horrid fur factory farm conditions have led to mink-related outbreaks of COVID-19 throughout the world, including Canada.

Even before the pandemic, fur was a dying industry, and the movement against it is gaining momentum. Over a dozen countries have already banned fur farming, and hundreds of top fashion houses and designers, including Versace, Chanel, Gucci, Prada, and Burberry, have shunned it— sparing millions of animals agonizing pain and a gruesome death.

There’s so much suffering and illness in the world beyond our control—it’s up to us to eliminate whatever cruelty and risks we can. Please help relegate fur farming to Canada’s past.

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