This episode explores the changing landscape for animals as major media companies and the fashion industry take a stand against fur, while activists continue to face challenges in their fight for justice. Jasmin and Mariann discuss recent victories in the fur-free movement, including Hearst magazines and New York Fashion Week banning fur, alongside the sobering news of activist Zoe Rosenberg’s jail sentence for her work exposing animal suffering at a Purdue facility.

This episode explores:

• The significant progress in the fur-free movement with Hearst Magazines banning fur from publications like Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan
• How New York Fashion Week’s fur ban represents a major shift in the fashion industry’s approach to animal products
• Activist Zoe Rosenberg’s inspiring response to her 90-day jail sentence for exposing conditions at a Purdue facility
• The problematic $12 billion farmer bailout primarily benefiting commodity farms that produce animal feed
• Literary works centering animal perspectives, including Kendra Coulter’s novel “The Tortoise’s Tale”

RESOURCES

• • • US student who took four chickens after breaking into slaughterhouse sentenced to 90 days in jail
    • Trump Farmer Bailout Primarily Benefits Commodity Farms
    • CFDA Announces End of Fur at New York Fashion Week
    • Hearst Magazines Bans Fur From Its Publications
    • Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Animal Law

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