Fox fur from Switzerland: Sustainable fashion or ethical dilemma?

In Switzerland, approximately 20,000 foxes are shot each year to control the population, and another 10,000 die from traffic or disease. A young couple, Dennis and Alice, have turned this into a business: They process fox furs from hunting into fashion collections.

Dennis began hunting and discovered that most fox furs were burned. "Throwing away such a high-quality material is incomprehensible to me," he says. Alice, a fashion designer, supports his idea of ​​creating sustainable fashion from local materials without resorting to farmed fur.

Swiss Hunting considers fox hunting necessary to maintain ecological balance, as foxes endanger other game species and can transmit diseases. Critics such as PETA, however, argue that foxes are a natural "health police" in the forest. Furthermore, there is no systematic recording of the fox population, making it difficult to scientifically prove the benefits of hunting.

Animal welfare organizations like Vier Pfoten warn against a revival of the fur market through hunting products, as consumers often cannot determine whether fur is ethically sourced. However, the couple is committed to transparency and promotes sustainability by using Swiss fur instead of cheap faux fur from abroad.

The debate remains: Is fashion made from local fox fur a contribution to resource conservation or a dangerous signal for the return of real fur?