Fur farms are breeding grounds for disease and a public health threat. It’s time to shut them down
In early August 2023, Finland’s food authority ordered three of the nation’s fur farms to slaughter 50,000 of their animals. The purpose was not to create new fur coats, but to stop a virus: the H5N1 influenza strain, also known as “bird flu,” which had been detected on those farms....
Originally posted on salon.com