These little animals are the most widely utilised animal in the fur trade with 26 million of them being slaughtered every year. Demark, China and the United States have the largest mink fur farms. On these farms, mink are forced to produce around 3-4 offspring before they are slaughtered in November and December.

Mink are usually kept in tiny cages, 10 inches wide and 24 inches long, causing severe psychological and physical distress for the mink who often turn neurotic and resort to self-mutilation. Due to the confinement, many mink develop stomach ulcers and enlarged adrenal glands which are then left untreated.

Mink are killed by gassing, injection of poison (some fur farms have been found to use weed killer) and many mink are suffocated.

You can help to stop this by signing these petitions:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/841/630/012/close-mink-and-fox-fur-f...

http://www.change.org/petitions/fur-factory-farms-only-animals-shou...