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Monthly Edition #30
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1. Four Major Fashion Brands Go Fur-Free
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Condé Nast, the parent company for Vogue, Glamour, GQ, Vanity Fair and more, announced a fur-free policy for all 22 of its publications!
Why it matters:
1 billion people worldwide read at least one of Condé Nast’s publications. Deciding to finally ban images of fur is the nail in the coffin for the industry. Fur is no longer in Vogue. Literally.
How it happened:
This was a multi-decade fight from relentless advocacy groups all around the world.
In 1993, PETA disrupted Vogue offices with the iconic campaign, “I’d rather go naked than wear fur.”
In 2025, CAFT led over 100 protests outside Condé Nast executives’ homes and commercial connections.
What the fur industry is saying:
“Fur is under attack like never before. Hardly a week goes by without news of some brand dropping fur, or a jurisdiction proposing to ban its production or sale. This tsunami of negativity fuels a self-reinforcing cycle. As major retailers stop selling fur, successful brands have less incentive to stand up to relentless activist pressure. With less business at stake, it becomes harder for politicians to resist activist pressure for production or sales bans. Worse, the barrage of negative news can create the false but potentially self-fulfilling impression that “society” has decided it is no longer ethically acceptable to wear fur”
— Alan Herscovici, Senior Researcher, Truth About Fur
Dig deeper:
After the announcement, the Boston Fashion Week confirmed it will also be fur free going forward!
What’s next:
Skin. Leather. Feathers. We’re coming! Fortunately, some of us are already here. Stella McCartney’s brand uses Vegan alternatives for their glam:
FEVVERS is a revolutionary feather alternative with the same ethereal aesthetic without the birds.
YATAY M is a mycelium-based alternative to snake’s skin.
The future of fashion is Vegan, and it never looked so good.
2. Largest US State Bans Cat Declawing
California, United States 🇺🇸
Declawing involves the removal of the last bone of a cat’s toes. This is equivalent to amputating a human fingertip at the last joint.
VEGAN VICTORY:
After over 900 emails sent from In Defense of Animals to Governor Gavin Newsom, he finally signed AB 867 into law!
This makes California the fifth no-declaw state after Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
At least 40,500 emails to go until declawing is banned nationwide! — DL
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This goes so good with some tempeh bacon! — DL
3. State Fair Gets 1st Ever Vegan Vendor
Dallas, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
After 139 years, the Texas State Fair finally got their 1st ever fully Vegan vendor, Vegan Vibrationz!
Respect to the twin brothers who worked for 24 days straight serving Bacun Jalapeño Cheddar burgers and more Vegan deliciousness to Texans!
“I just love to share that with other people and just help change lives, one plate at a time.”
—Jovan Cole, Vegan Vibrationz
4. First Retail Sales of Cultivated Meat
Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸
Mission Barns is selling meatballs made with cultivated meat for $13.99.
This makes them the first company to sell cultivated meat out of a grocery store in the US!
The others that came and went were limited to fancy restaurants.
The future of food is here. Only for four days.
5. 70 Year Old Aquarium Finally Closes
Miami, Florida, United States 🇺🇸
I went to Miami Seaquarium as a kid. I remember taking pictures in front of a giant shark hung upside down. The thought disgusts me.
The backstory:
Since 1955, at least 120 dolphins and whales have died in Miami Seaquarium.
One of these whales were Tokitae, an Orca stolen from her family when she was 4 years old. Tokitae spent the next 52 years in the world’s smallest Orca tank in North America - Miami Seaquarium.
PETA pressured them to release Tokitae, and she had a scheduled release date, but it was too late.
She performed until her death.
Tokitae - better known as Lolita - was Miami Seaquarium’s most famous animal. Her death, along with continued pressure from PETA, led to the eventual closure.
There’s a bittersweet feeling that happens when the oppressors I supported as a Non-Vegan end up losing. Now, for me and other marine animals, this is a VEGAN VICTORY worth some champagne. — DL
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— Helmut Kaplan
Until every animal is free,
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Condé Nast finally banning fur from their publications is a huge deal. Animal activists have been fighting for that for so many years and they refused.
So happy my home state banned declawing. In my early 20s, I worked at a vet office for a few weeks and quit my job after seeing a cat that was just declawed. It was horrific.
Thanks for sharing some positive vegan news!
I am LIVING for the fur-free news that keeps dropping every day lately! Still laughing at the industry's pathetic "fur is back" attempts last season. Fur is dead and always will be.