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Polish activists mark Fur-free Day

PR dla Zagranicy
Alicja Baczyńska 25.11.2015 12:08
Civil society organization Viva is to hold events across Poland in an effort to raise awareness of animal cruelty the multi-million złoty pelt industry perpetuates.
Photo courtesy of Otwarte KlatkiPhoto courtesy of Otwarte Klatki

This week, activists have repeated their demands for banning the farming of mink, foxes, chinchillas and raccoon dogs for their fur.

Poland’s pelt industry, among the top three in Europe, raises seven million animals annually.

On Saturday, one of the country’s leading animal rights organisations will run an information campaign in the cities of Warsaw, Gdańsk and Poznań to highlight the inhumane treatment of the fur animals, raised at some 800 farms in Poland.

As the activists underline, the number of such farms is growing by the year due to a shift of businesses to Poland from countries such as Britain and Austria, where the practice has been outlawed in recent years.

Animal rights advocates who have been striving to ban pelt farms since 2011, have extensively documented numerous cases of animal abuse in such facilities for years.

"The most outrageous footage that we've seen [is that of] animals kept with open wounds, devouring each other; and the farmers are not doing anything about it," says Magdalena Brzezińska, member of the Open Cages non-governmental organization.

The activists’ petition, demanding the prohibition of the industry in Poland, has so far been backed by over 90,000 signatories. (aba/rk)

Source: IAR

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