I haven’t seen much on welfare reforms in these industries in particular. In the 90s Sweden required that foxes on fur farms be able to express their natural behaviors, but this made fur farming economically unviable and it ended altogether...so I’m not sure what that tells us. Other than that, animals used in fur farming and cosmetics testing are/were subject to general EU animal welfare laws, and laws concerning farm and experimental animals, respectively.
I think welfare having no effect on abolition is a reasonable conclusion. I just want to argue that it isn’t obviously counterproductive on the basis of this historical evidence.
I haven’t seen much on welfare reforms in these industries in particular. In the 90s Sweden required that foxes on fur farms be able to express their natural behaviors, but this made fur farming economically unviable and it ended altogether...so I’m not sure what that tells us. Other than that, animals used in fur farming and cosmetics testing are/were subject to general EU animal welfare laws, and laws concerning farm and experimental animals, respectively.
I think welfare having no effect on abolition is a reasonable conclusion. I just want to argue that it isn’t obviously counterproductive on the basis of this historical evidence.