Ban fur farming or risk a new pandemic ^50.9%

The Guardian - By Neil Vora - 4/24/2026, 12:00 PM

Negativity Bias 51.3% - Biased Writer Voice 22.3% - Availability Heuristic 22%

Every year, millions of captive animals are gassed or electrocuted and then turned into multithousand-dollar fur coats. Though the industry has shrunk considerably in recent years, it poses a disproportionately large risk to human health. There’s a real chance that the next pandemic could be incubated within the cramped confines of a fur... more