Global fur production has collapsed. Here’s how it happened.In just one decade, a longtime fashion mainstay has been relegated to the sidelines of both haute couture runways and bargain clothing racks: fur.In 2014, over 140 million minks, foxes, chinchillas, and raccoon dogs — a small, fox-like East Asian species — around the world were farmed and killed for their fur. By 2024, that number plummeted to 20.5 million, according to an analysis from the nonprofit Humane World for Animals using data from governments and industry. (Disclosure: I worked at Humane World for Animals, formerly known as the Humane Society of the United States, from 2012 to 2017, but I didn’t work on fur issues.)
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33 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 4 Aug
I’m glad to see that but doesn’t this pale in comparison to the use of leather?
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4 Aug
I'm not sure I get your question. You're saying leather is still a big thing? Beause if I'm not wrong, they don't kill animals just for the leather.
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33 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 4 Aug
That’s a reasonable distinction but the value of the leather increases the profitability per animal, which increases the number raised and killed.
So, from a practical standpoint, there are many animals that are killed for leather. Maybe that’s a smaller number than the fur animals though.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner OP 4 Aug
My gut's telling me the same thing. I found some good info, but you gotta compare it to the numbers on how many of those animals are actually raised for food.
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