More than 45,000 people have signed a petition to get fur banned from London Fashion Week.

The petition was set up on Change.org a fortnight ago – however, with this season’s LFW officially opening in just two days, the number of signatures has more than doubled over the course of the day.

Soon, it will be personally delivered to the British Fashion Council, which stages LFW twice a year.

Ed Winters, who started the petition, is one of the co-founders of animal rights group Surge.