Fur farming is collapsing across Europe. It's unprofitable, unwanted and condemned by science. So why is Greece planning a new farm for 29,000 mink, funded by taxpayers? With Brussels' decision weeks away, the case for a total ban has never been stronger.
We will never stop campaigning for a complete ban on the atrocities and absurdities of the fur industry. We have public opinion, science, economics, animal welfare experts and even the fashion industry on our side.
So why are we still fighting? Because as Brussels prepares its long-awaited answer to 1.5 million citizens who demanded a Fur Free Europe, Greece is ploughing ahead with plans for a brand-new farm for 29,000 mink in Kastoria, Western Macedonia.
There, fur craftsmanship has been carried out since the Middle Ages. But it’s not wealthy patrons from Russia, the USA and Milan keeping the cruel trade afloat. What keeps it in business is the Greek state itself, and a steady flow of sometimes unregulated public funds into a sector that, by every economic measure, should long since have been consigned to history.
The Fur Free Europe European Citizens’ Initiative, signed by more than 1.5 million of us, was a powerful declaration that fur belongs in the past. Yet in 2026, within the EU’s borders, this barbaric practice is finding state sponsorship to continue.
