UK government urged not to drop fur import ban, as new undercover video reveals shocking brutality of fur trapping in the United States

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LONDON—Amidst concerns that the UK government could be considering abandoning a ban on cruel fur imports, a shocking new undercover investigation exposing the cruelty of animal trapping in the United States, including for the fur trade, has been released by animal welfare and conservation non-profit, Born Free USA, in collaboration with Humane Society International.

An undercover investigator accompanied three trappers out in the field in the U.S. state of Iowa in November/December 2021, to witness how animals are trapped and killed for fur and recreation. Prior to that he had attended the National Trappers Association Convention in July and a state-sponsored “Trappers Education Course” in November. The investigation’s findings are harrowing and reveal the inherent cruelty of trapping.

Video and audio evidence captured includes:

  • Trapped raccoons being bludgeoned with a baseball bat causing protracted death.

  • A trapper standing on the neck of…

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