Momentum is building across Europe, with new data suggesting strong public backing for an EU-wide ban. Among more than 18,000 respondents surveyed across 18 EU countries, 65 per cent supported ending ...

''Nobody needs fur in modern times. Fur is mostly used as a status symbol by the rich elite in countries like China and Russia.'' The 27-country EU, according to its most recent figures, estimates ...

A sharp, musky scent rushes over me as I step out of the taxi outside Mr. Wang’s house near Tong’erpu, in China’s northeastern Liaoning province. It’s one of the country’s largest fur-trading centers.

“We want to give them the best life possible,” said Molly Lippincott, senior curator of Florida and marine life at a Tampa zoo.