A Shocking Look Inside Swedish Fur Farms

In a year and a half, investigators from the Animal Rights Alliance toured 20 percent of fur farms in Sweden. Shocking photos and video footage taken during the investigations document the routine cruelty suffered by minks on Swedish fur farms.

Minks are semi-aquatic, solitary animals who may occupy up to 2,500 acres of wetland habitat in the wild. On fur farms, minks are crammed into filthy wire cages and are never allowed to feel the earth beneath their feet or dive into a cool stream. They often suffer from open wounds and infections, receiving no veterinary care. Crowding and confinement on fur farms also causes minks severe psychological distress, and they often can be seen bobbing their heads and pacing. Investigation photos reveal that many minks even resort to self-mutilation and cannibalism.

Minks are piled on top of each other—one mink suffers from an open head wound, having received no veterinary care.

A mink suffers from a severe eye infection—a common ailment seen on fur farms.

Because of the severely crowded conditions, minks on fur farms often suffer from wounds that have been inflicted by their stressed cagemates.

Minks are crammed into tiny cages. One mink has been left to suffer from infections in both ears.

Without veterinary treatment, minks suffer from infected wounds and open sores with no hope of relief.

A mink is left to die while another continues to live in filthy conditions.

A mink lies dead in a tiny box with a fellow mink nearby.

Dead minks are left within full view of live minks in neighboring cages.

Animals on fur farms often go insane and resort to self-mutilation and cannibalism.

A gray mink suffers from a severe tail injury.

A mink in a wire cage is left to die with skin and flesh exposed.

Minks on fur farms are denied everything that is natural and important to them, including the ability to roam.

A mink in a tiny cage is missing some fur, leaving the bare skin exposed.

Minks in wire cages suffer from severe infections on their tails.

Exposed wounds are a common sight on fur farms.

Every year, the fur industry heartlessly kills approximately 50 million animals, many of whom are skinned alive. But you can help us fight this cruelty. But you can help fight this cruelty by signing the pledge to go fur-free today!

A Shocking Look Inside Swedish Fur Farms

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