A number of shocking images have emerged from a fur farm, seeing new calls for the UK to implement a ban on trade.
British animal rights campaign group Open Cages have shared photos from a fur farm near Krotoszyn, Poland, where they found more than 100 dead foxes in captivity and in open air.
They also found others that were forced to resort to cannibalism after they were left to starve.
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Open Cages also found foxes hunting for food among piles of faeces, while others huddled close to corpses in an attempt to keep warm.
Connor Jackson, CEO of Open Cages, said: "By now we know how depraved the fur industry is, but even this came as a huge shock. I cannot imagine the agony these foxes have had to endure just for a fur trim on a coat."
The group was tipped off on the inhumane conditions by Polish activists Krotoszyn TOZ after a number of foxes were seen in the town's suburbs, believed to have escaped the farm.
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When Open Cages went to the site at the end of October, the group reportedly spotted the dead bodies of numerous animals.
The activists are believed to have found 130 dead foxes in cages which were most likely to have been killed by electric shock, said to be the most common method to slaughter animals on fur farms, but it was not clear who had put them to death.
Connor continued: "What the inspectors saw on site resembled a horror film. 'The animals were deprived of care for at least a few or even a dozen or so days. The owner of the farm is in prison and there was no contact with the person appointed by him to take care of the animals."
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Poland is thought to be the third largest producer of real fur, according to Open Cages.
Farming fur, which can also include mink and racoon dogs, was banned by the UK 20 years ago.
However, it is still legal to buy fur in the UK and across Europe in a number of high street stores.
In Westminster, a move to secure an outright ban is being led by Conservative politician Zac Goldsmith.
A Defra spokesman said at the time: "We have some of the highest welfare standards in the world, and that is both a source of pride and a clear reflection of UK attitudes towards animals.
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"Fur farming has rightly been banned in this country for nearly 20 years.
"Once our future relationship with the EU has been established there will be an opportunity for the Government to consider further steps it could take in relation to fur sales."
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