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Holt i Floa mink fur farm Iceland 18 November 2025

Kristo Muurimaa

Italy
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana will no longer promote fur at Milan Fashion Week

Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (CNMI), the exclusive owner of the “Milano Fashion Week®” trademark, announced today that it will no longer promote fur at any official Milan Fashion Week event, including on social media.

New branded clothing at Karla Dumas Yesahcan Farm Animal Sanctuary

Meredith Lee

Germany
Large majority calls for stronger animal welfare policies – Germany’s federal government ignores clear public mandate

Germany is a nation of animal welfare. This is a central finding of the Humane World for Animals Animal Welfare Barometer, published for the first time today.

DMFI Petition Handover April 2026

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Global
Animal campaigners in 11 cities unite in global hand in of 700,000 petition signatures to end Indonesia’s cruel dog and cat meat trade

To demonstrate global solidarity to end Indonesia’s brutal dog and cat meat trade, animal campaigners in 11 cities and across five continents, submitted today a 700,000-signature petition to the Indonesian Embassy / Consulate.

New York Blood Center Chimps

Humane World for Animals

Global
Michael Jackson movie raises concerns with its portrayal of wild animals as pets, says Humane World for Animals

Ahead of the global release of “Michael”, the biographical film on the life of Michael Jackson, Humane World for Animals (formerly called the Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International) says the film’s benign portrayal of wild animals kept as pets — particularly a chimpanzee called Bubbles — could lead to a worrying increase in demand.

Photos from an investigation at a Finnish Fur Farm

Kristo Murrimaa/Oikeutta Elaimille

Europe
European Commission will soon decide on EU fur ban

BRUSSELS/ROME—Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Animal Welfare, has responded to the 53 Members of the European Parliament who in February sent him a letter urging him to respect the will of more than 1.5 million supporters of the European Citizens’ Initiative “Fur Free Europe.”

Photos taken on two fur farms in Finland as part of an investigation into the cruelty of fur farming with Humane World for Animals and Finnish animal protection organisation Oikeutta Elaimille

Oikeutta Elaimille

Europe
Iceland Fashion Week goes fur-free following shocking exposé of animal suffering on Icelandic mink farms

Iceland Fashion Week has introduced a fur-free policy for participating local and international designers.

Site visits to the mobile field clinics in the north (spay/neuter and wellness) to observe clinic operations. Visited remote coastal communities known as “Caletas” surrounding Fray Jorge National Park and outreach to unhoused populations in Santiago.

Diana Rodriguez

Global
Where are the best and worst countries to be a street dog this World Stray Animal Day?

WASHINGTON―In advance of World Stray Animal Day on 4 April, Humane World for Animals (formerly called Humane Society International) selects the five best and worst countries to be a dog living on the streets.

Tun i Floa mink fur farm in Iceland 18 November 2025

Juho Kerola

Global
Calls for Icelandic fur farm ban as first ever exposé reveals shocking suffering

The Icelandic government is under pressure to ban fur farming after the first ever fur farm undercover investigation in the country reveals shocking levels of animal suffering including animals with large wounds or infections, dead animals left in cages, mink covered in blood and confined in smal

Fox on a fur farm
HSI
Global
80,000 EU citizens sign letter to Commissioner Várhelyi calling for an EU-wide fur farming ban

BRUSSELS – A letter signed by more than 80,000 EU citizens was submitted today in Brussels by Humane World for Animals Europe to Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi, calling for an EU-wide ban on fur farming and the sale of fur products across the European Union.

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