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Poland passed a law to phase out fur farms over the next eight years. The country is the second-largest fur producer in the world, and killed 3 million animals for their fur in 2023. That was about one out of seven animals killed in the international fur trade that year. The ban on fur farms enjoys broad support within Poland but acute opposition from farming interests. In general, fur has been consistently phased out of the global fashion world; the number of animals farmed for their fur dropped substantially from around 140 million in 2014 to 20.5 million in 2024, with China accounting for most of the fur farms that still exist. This may also have broader implications for Europe, as Poland — along with Finland and Greece — had been a key opponent to a proposed EU-wide fur farming ban.
Kenny Torrella, Vox
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