There is substantial worldwide momentum to end the use of animal fur in fashion and shut down fur farms. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the end cannot come fast enough. Not only is fur farming carried out in a way that results in the cruelest imaginable lives and deaths for animals, but the very existence of fur farms poses a health risk to people and animals everywhere.  

In a new Humane Voices podcast, some of our experts discuss the imminent dangers fur farming poses to people and animals, as well as what needs to be done to end this cruelty and keep the public safe from the viruses for which fur farming provides ideal conditions.