A young male raccoon dog crouches in a small wire cage at a fur farm in Poland.  | Andrew Skowron/We Animals The world’s second-largest fur producer is saying goodbye to fur. On Tuesday, Poland passed a law to phase out fur farms over the next eight years — a major blow to the global fur industry. In 2023, fur farmers in the Central European nation killed some three million foxes, minks, raccoon dogs, and chinchillas for coats and trim, accounting for about one out of every seven animals in the international fur trade. The wild animals are confined in small wire-bottom cages for mont...

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