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DAF 2011 Grand Prize Award - Winners Announced Two students have won the Grand Prize in the final international Design Against Fur competition: Our congratulations go to Ilse Vandecappelle from Belgium (view image), and Joshua Flatt from the UK (view image), who will share the 2011 honour. Ilse has already been chosen as the overall winner in the European & International region and Joshua awarded third prize in the UK & Ireland region. Congratulations to both students - and huge thank you too to all the students and tutors who have taken part in this inspiring competition since it was first run in 2003. View all the winning artworks from the 2011 competition. [more]

DAF 2011 People's Choice Award - Winner Announced We are delighted to announce that Eric Barnes, from Missouri State University in the United States, is the winner of the People's Choice Award, the online public vote of the final international Design Against Fur competition. Congratulations Eric! View all winning images from the 2011 competition. View Eric's award-winning work [more]

DAF 2011 European & International Winners Announced Congratulations to the winners of the European & International round of the 2011 Design Against Fur competition. First place is awarded to Ilse Vandecappelle a student at Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium. Heather Palmateer from James Madison University, Virginia, United States, is placed second. And two artworks share third place: one created by Eric Barnes from Missouri State University, United States and the other by Kristina Pejouski & Gina Swindler from Temple University, Philadelphia in the United States. View all winning artworks, Specially Commended and Commended works [more]

HSI Europe Welcomes New EU Labelling of Animal Fur Humane Society International/Europe welcomes the adoption of a new EU Regulation on textile names and the related labelling of textile products. This legislation stipulates that clothing manufacturers must clearly indicate the presence of animal-derived products, such as fur, leather or feathers, in textile products using the phrase "contains non-textile parts of animal origin." [more]

Norwegian Labour Party Pledges to Ban Fur Farming in Norway Fur Free Alliance Member Norwegian Animal Protection Alliance (NAPA) reports on a recent vote by the Norwegian Labour Party. [more]

Fur Advert 'Misleading' - Belgian Ad Standards Authority An advertisement for "environmentally-friendly" fur described as misleading by the Jury d'Ethique Publicitaire (Belgian advertising standards authority) following a complaint by GAIA. [more]

Famous Faces Launch Poster Campaign Against Fur in Belgium GAIA Enrols 17 Famous Faces - actors and actresses, singers, authors, footballers and TV personalities - to launch a poster campaign against fur in Belgium. [more]

New Investigation of Fur Farms in Finland New investigation into fur farms sends shock waves through Finland  -- 10% of Finnish fur farms investigated. Finnish animal rights organisation Oikeutta Eläimille has published a  new comprehensive investigation into the fur industry in Finland. [more]

For Croatia without Fur - Performance in Zagreb A picturesque performance emphasising the backwardness of wearing fur in the 21st century. An event held in Zagreb, organised by Animal Friends Croatia. [more]

Animal Fur Sold as Fake at Barneys New York A Humane Society of the United States Investigation Reveals “Faux Fur” Deception The Humane Society of the United States revealed through laboratory testing that a Phillip Lim brand parka sold online by Barneys New York as “faux fur” is real animal fur, and that the same Phillip Lim parka was sold in the Manhattan flagship store without the “real fur” label required by New York state law. [more]

New Czech Film Shows Reality of Fur Farming Svoboda zvířat (Freedom for animals) has released new film from another two Czech fur farms, one in Křižanovice and the other in Dolní Cerekev. [more]

Signing of Truth in Fur Labeling Act Applauded The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud President Barack Obama for signing an important bipartisan bill to protect consumers and animals. The Truth in Fur Labeling Act (H.R. 2480), which passed the House of Representatives in July and the Senate in early December, will bring much-needed accuracy and disclosure to fur products. [more]

Oslo Fashion Week goes Fur Free with New Norwegian Anti-Fur Campaign Mote Mot Pels (Fashion Against Fur), launched by three well-known Norwegian fashion-personalities in cooperation with NOAH - for animal rights, has moved Oslo Fashion Week to go fur free. [more]

Torch March Success in Norway On Saturday 13th November, NOAH - for animal rights in Norway, arranged their annual torch march against fur, and it was an amazing success! Read [more]

DAF 2010: Grand Prize Winner Announced! The winner of the top prize in the annual Design Against Fur poster design competition has been chosen. The Fur Free Alliance is delighted to announce: The 2010 Grand Prize has been awarded to… [more]

DAF 2010: People's Choice Award Winner Announced! The Fur Free Alliance, organisers of the annual Design Against Fur competition, is delighted to announce with winner of the 2010 People's Choice Award. And the winner is... [more]

DAF 2010: Winners Announced! View all the winning and commended designs from the 2010 poster and animation competitions [more]

Shocking Czech Fur Farm Film Released Svoboda zvířat (Freedom for animals) has released new footage taken on fur farms in the Czech Republic. [more]

Horror Revealed on Swedish Fur Farms Undercover investigation reveals horrific animal cruelty at Swedish mink farms – photos could bring an end to Sweden’s fur industry. During 2009 and 2010, the Animal Rights Alliance took undercover photo and video at one-fifth of all of the fur farms in Sweden. Investigative materials show that mink on Swedish fur farms live under miserable conditions – worse than previously recognized. The results of the investigation could bring the fur industry in Sweden to an end. [more]

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