Investigation on a fur farm in Slovakia
One Voice leads a nonviolent fight to defend animal rights and respect all life forms. The organization operates independently and is thus free to speak and act freely.
As part of its campaign to end the breeding of animals for fur in Slovakia, the association Humánny pokrok, member of the Fur Free Alliance and partner of One Voice, has launched a petition which we invite you to sign.
This
petition, which already promises to be a success, is part of the
campaign “ide o chlp” (“it’s hair”) led by
Humánny pokrok against the breeding of animals for fur. In
particular, this association calls for the closure of the only mink
farm in Slovakia in Príbovce, near Martin, where between 4,500 and
5,000 American mink are housed.
Hell, for animals
Fur
farms are a living hell for animals, who are deprived of any
opportunity to meet their various natural needs, whether mink, foxes
or chinchillas. A survey that we carried out in mink farms in France in 2016 confirms the immeasurable horror of this life of confinement.
The
investigation carried out in Slovakia by Humánny pokrok reveals that
mink – though semi-aquatic animals, solitary, territorial hunters –
spend their whole lives crammed together in small cages of less than
1 m² and without bedding, surrounded by their excrement. They cannot
run, hide themselves, lie down, or even sleep.
Crazy animals
The
wire mesh floor of the cages hurts their paws. Often their wounds
become infected and some die a slow and painful death. In such
unnatural conditions, mink go crazy, behave stereotypically and
attack each other. Cannibalism is not uncommon, as evidenced by the
many photographs and videos from our Slovak partners.
At
the end of their sad and brief existence, animals are gassed if they
are not skinned alive.
A serious source of pollution
It
happens that individuals escape from the cages, and when they are not
injured or killed by the farm dog, they invest in an ecosystem to
which they are strangers, to the detriment of biodiversity, as is
happening now, right in the vicinity of the Montarlot farm. These
farms are also a serious source of soil and water pollution.
A cruelty in the service of futile desires
This extremely cruel industry
and this appalling suffering of mink and other fur animals exists
only to satisfy futile desires and fashion whims: coats or
accessories such as collars, sleeves, pom-poms and pendants.
The
barbaric practice of fur farming is already banned in many countries,
including 13 European countries. A ban is already being considered in
Slovakia to end it: help us make it happen, sign the petition of Humánny pokrok !
We
are helping to guide you into buying humane fashion items until the
ban on these fur farms becomes widespread all over the world.