#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 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
#Act4 Wildlife Leading up to the last election, the Social Democrats and Greens promised a Government bill to tighten up regulation of mink farms. The time has come to make sure mink farms are compliant with international recommendations. News from Sweden: “The Government Should Keep Its Promise on Mink Farms” 9 December 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife The claim of high ethical standards made by the European fur trade are in stark contrast to the reality in fur farms and criticised by animal welfare experts, according to the new report “Nordic fur trade – marketed as responsible business”. Animal suffering and the marketing tactics behind the European fur trade revealed in new report 13 October 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife The European fur industry, and especially the Nordic fur industry, markets itself as a responsible business concerned about ethics. Major new report: What’s behind fashion? Animal welfare and the European fur trade will be launched at 13.00 on 15 October 2015 in the European Parliament 8 October 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife In a letter to the Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs, Eurogroup for Animals and Fur Free Alliance urge the Minister to listen to the Swedish citizens and phase out mink farming. Eurogroup for Animals and the Fur Free Alliance urge Sweden to phase out fur farming 22 September 2015 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife Djurens Rätt (Animal Rights Sweden) has mapped the County Administrative Boards’ inspections of mink farms in Sweden during 2014. At just over 6 out of 10 inspected farms shortcomings in animal husbandry were noted despite the fact that nearly half of the inspected farms were notified in advance about the inspection. Violations found at more than half of the Swedish mink farms inspected in 2014 19 January 2015 Djurens Rätt
