Mink farming for fur causes severe and well-documented welfare problems. Growing evidence of mink suffering has driven bans across many countries, with the global fur industry under increasing pressure.
Mink farming causes severe, chronic welfare suffering. The fundamental incompatibility between mink's biological needs — space, water access, solitude, and complex predatory behaviour — and the cage systems used in fur farming creates unavoidable suffering for every animal in the system. Stereotypic behaviours, self-mutilation, and chronic stress are not incidental problems to be managed but inevitable consequences of an inherently welfare-incompatible system. The welfare science is unequivocal. The global trend toward banning mink farming reflects a growing societal consensus that fur farming causes unjustifiable suffering for a luxury product with readily available alternatives.