No more fur farms. Norway, formerly the leading producer of fox fur, is heading towards an ecological turning point: by 2025 all companies will have to close their doors.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himNo more fur farms. Norway, formerly the leading producer of fox fur, is heading towards an ecological turning point: by 2025 all companies will have to close their doors.
And it is a truly momentous decision, considering that in the North European country there are over two hundred farms where 610 thousand visions and 150 thousand foxes die each year. The data are those of the Ministry of Agriculture which points out that Norway is currently one of the most important European producers.
So after the UK, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic and other countries, now the right-wing minority government has managed to pass a law that will save animals from unnecessary death.
It was to carry on the battle Erna Solberg, but everything is the result of an alliance between the Conservative Party, the Progress Party and the Center-Right Liberal Party, the latter also having in its program the defense of animal rights and the environment in general.
Once the economic compensation for the farms affected by the measure has been set, the plan will be voted on by the Norwegian Parliament, but it will only be a formality given that seven of the nine parties have already formalized their yes to the proposal.
lasts the reaction of the farmers who, through the voice of Guri Wormdahl, head of the breeding association, make known their disappointment at a decision that "will cost jobs". Instead, environmentalists and animal rights activists rejoice.
"We are happy, a cruel and timeless business is finally stopped, in a world of growing consumer sensitivity to the need to respect animal species and nature in general" says the leader of the group Noah, Siri Martinsen.
Recall that many high fashion brands have already said no to furs, from this year in the Gucci fashion shows we will no longer see mink, fox, sable, karakul known as Swakara, Persian or Astrakhan lamb, rabbit, opossum and many other animals specifically bred or caught. Hugo Boss and Armani had already espoused the fur free cause.
We have talked more about the horror behind the farms than fox, last August a survey by the Finnish group Oikeutta Eläimille showed frightening images of foxes genetically modified to have more skin than normal. Animals locked up in tiny cages, deprived of their freedom and used as commodities in the luxury fashion company.
Wow! Animal rights organisation @NOAHAktiv announced that #Norway is introducing a total ban on fur farming. This is truly a massive victory for animals! Congratulations Norwegians! In 2017 @mariannethieme spoke at NOAH’s #antifur march in #Oslo: https://t.co/42pzG9eky2
- PartyfortheAnimals (@ Party4Animals) January 16, 2018
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Alongside the foxes, there are minks, rabbits, sable etc, but luckily the change is already underway: fewer and fewer choose real furs and respect for animals is more rooted in people. On the other hand, the big names in fashion are implementing social responsibility policies that go precisely in this direction.
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