#Act4 Wildlife At the end of this year, the temporary ban on breeding mink for fur production will expire and the Swedish Board of Agriculture has just announced that it will not be extended. The decision means that half a million minks will once again be kept in cramped grid cages, with risks to animal welfare and continued spread of infection. Djurens Rätt are deeply disappointed with the decision. Big disappointment in Sweden: Board of Agriculture decide to lift the mink farm ban 10 November 2021 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 Wildlife Our member Djurens Rätt, together with about 40 other organisations, sent a combined plea to the Swedish government and parliament on June 23, calling for a decommissioning plan for mink farms in Sweden. The government imposed a temporary breeding ban in 2021 after SARS-CoV-2 was transmitted on the majority of Sweden's mink farms in the autumn of 2020. New Swedish report shows extensive spread of SARS-CoV-2 within and between mink farms 22 July 2021 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 Wildlife COVID-19 spreading in mink farms all over Europe Public health concerns should prompt permanent closure of all mink farms in Europe 5 November 2020 Dyrenes Beskyttelse
#Act4 Wildlife Estonian, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian animal rights organizations have for many years worked to ban fur farms in their countries. Uniting forces against fur farming 25 February 2019 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 Wildlife In January 2018 the Swedish Board of Agriculture got assigned by the government to evaluate if the mink industry comply with the new Animal Welfare Act. The Swedish Board of Agriculture’s evaluation of mink welfare (English summary) 18 January 2019 Djurens Rätt
#Act4 Wildlife Today came the so-called mink investigation, a report on the welfare of minks in the Swedish fur animal industry. Swedish Board of Agriculture investigation on mink fur farms doesn’t portray the real picture 14 January 2019 Djurens Rätt
