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Everton and Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard is no stranger to serious pain, having played with a dislocated finger and two broken bones in his back.

Today was International Pillow Fight Day – a worldwide flashmob event planned in a spirit of harmless fun.

Could your wardrobe be harbouring some uncomfortable secrets, such as items for which an animal suffered or was killed to produce?

Last week, Canada and Norway made their case against the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling to uphold the EU’s ban on seal-fur imports.

Actor Rhys Ifans has written to the World Trade Organisation on PETA’s behalf, urging it to uphold a ban on importing seal fur from Canada into the EU.

Since video footage from PETA Asia’s investigation into Chinese angora farms became breaking news last November, the campaign against angora has come on by leaps and bounds.

In 2010, Apple blocked an app that let players beat, shoot and kill virtual seals, but saving “seals” is fair game.

Jimi “Poster Boy” Manuwa, the fearsome UFC phenomenon, is undefeated in the ring, and the next opponent he’d like to knock out is the fur industry.

It wasn’t just Olga Kurylenko’s natural beauty that turned heads when she walked the red carpet at last night’s Academy Awards in Hollywood.

Mahiki – the exclusive Mayfair nightclub beloved by celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Prince Harry – has just announced that it’s banning real fur for good.