Did You Know...

That the arctic fox at Chew Valley is a rescue from the fur farm industry?

Fur farming, alongside wildlife markets and other animal product farming, are ethically questionable trade practices where wild animals are raised and harvested for luxury items. Although this may be culturally acceptable in some places, animals are generally raised in confined housing with poor, unhygienic husbandry techniques and are unable to exhibit natural behaviours. This can also create a reservoir of diseases, with a risk of spillover to humans. This elicits much suffering, meaning these techniques are arguably unjustifiable based on the weight of animal welfare against the human pleasure gained.