felt like educating people on fur farms so like
not every fur farm is cruel, some are more ethical than others. western or european farms are less likely to be cruel but still be careful. I have a golden island fox tail which is an unnatural coloration but i am like 90% sure its from an ethical farm as it's VERY soft, healthy, durable, and in some other products the seller mentioned them being ranched animals (explained later how that's relevant.) clear indicators of cruelly farmed fur is lower quality, breaking easily, being from china as they dont have any animal cruelty laws there, and the seller giving a small amount of info as to where it came from
if you're confused on how a fur farm can be ethical, they often let the foxes roam around and play and get taken care of like pets. it's basically what you'd think a normal farm is like but with animals often used for their fur such as foxes, minks, rabbits, raccoons, etc. These animals are harvested just like cows or chickens would be, but they kill them off in much less cruel ways. (cruel farms use gas chambers, electrocution, poisoning, etc.) still always be careful when purchasing real fur, but there are some indicators of a farm such as unnatural colorations, animal being in their winter coat(fur farms harvest in winter when the animals fur is thickest), the golden lobster clip, unnatural or uncommon colorations in large quantities, etc. most farms are unfortunately cruel and some people can lie, but if you do want an unnatural color for any real fur, please do research on the seller or just that stuff in general. also look at reviews, some may mention it being lower quality or breaking quickly, that is a clear sign of a cruel fur farm. if you want fur specifically of a wild animal, look out for it being in it's summer coat, natural colors, smaller quantities, or from a shop for vulture culture/hunting.
always buy from etsy or places irl too. amazon and other fast fashion type brands will always be cruel
Example 1: golden island fox tail
This is the one I describe most, it's my longest and softest tail which I got from dakotalinefurs on Etsy. I'm pretty sure this is from an ethical farm
(All photos of tails will be next to my soft mount thing for size comparison)
Example 2: golden(??) Red fox tail
I'm leaning more towards this being cruel as the seller never stated where they were sourced and some reviews mention it breaking, but I've also had this for over a year and it was my first tail. It didn't come with a clip, I glued it on
I got this from huloportus on Etsy
It's also the roughest fur of all my tails
I'm pretty sure this was wild as it appears that it was in it's summer coat, it's also my smallest tail and fur farms that sell the tails try to make them big and poofy
I got this from glacierwear on Etsy, and I've heard they get their fur secondhand
Example 4: Arctic fox tail
I also got this from glacierwear, it's my shortest but thickest tail and idk if it was farmed or not it's kinda hard to tell on Arctic foxes unless it's the entire pelt because cruel farms make their Arctic foxes severely overweight to produce more fur
Example 5: silver fox tail
This is my biggest tail overall and was either wild or ethically farmed It has like smooth fur idk how to describe well but it's not exactly soft its more silky.
I got it from pturnbullandbishop on Etsy
I also have a coyote tail but didn't use that as an example because coyotes aren't really farmed
