FW: ANIMAL WELFARE DELIGHT AS FUR FARMING IS BANNED

[Guest guest]

About bloody time too.

 

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> Cathy Jupp

> 14 November 2000 15:20

> Cathy Jupp (BR)

> FW: ANIMAL WELFARE DELIGHT AS FUR FARMING IS BANNED

>

>

>

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> Ross Minett[sMTP:ross]

> 13 November 2000 17:11

> ANIMAL WELFARE DELIGHT AS FUR FARMING IS BANNED

>

> Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is today celebrating as the

> Government's

> Bill to ban fur farming completed its final stage in the House of Lords.

>

> " CIWF applauds the Government's decision to ban fur farming " , says Justin

> Wilkes, CIWF's Parliamentary Officer. " The keeping of mink - who are

> essentially wild animals - in small barren cages is ethically

> unacceptable.

> It is totally wrong in a civilised society for animals to be kept in

> restricted and deprived conditions simply to serve the whims of fashion

> and

> adornment. CIWF will now turn its attention to banning fur farming in

> other

> European countries - and the United States " .

>

> Editor's Notes

>

> The Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill will prohibit the farming of mink and

> other animals primarily or solely for their fur from 2003. There are at

> present around 13 mink factory farms in England and Wales.

>

> By nature, mink are highly active, semi-aquatic animals. In the wild,

> mink

> travel and forage over distances up to 2 miles; they also swim, dive and

> climb. All these activities are denied them in the tiny cages of the

> factory farm.

>

> The Bill is still to return to the Commons and receive Royal Assent, but

> these two stages are mere formalities.

>

> - ENDS -

>

>

> For further information and photographs please contact Justin Wilkes or

> Peter Stevenson on 01730 233904/268863. Out of hours: 01750 82321.

> CIWF HAS AN ISDN LINK AVAILABLE FOR RADIO INTERVIEWS.

> An electronic version of this press release is available at:

> www.ciwf.co.uk

>

> Yours Sincerely

> ROSS MINETT

> Campaigns Officer

> Compassion in World Farming

> Charles House, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, GU32 3EH

> Tel: 01730 264208, Fax: 01730 260791

> http://www.ciwf.co.uk

>

>

[Guest guest]

Congratulations! Well done there! Now other countries have this as a

precedent! Good show! :-) Deborah

 

 

About bloody time too.

 

> ----------

> Cathy Jupp

> 14 November 2000 15:20

> Cathy Jupp (BR)

> FW: ANIMAL WELFARE DELIGHT AS FUR FARMING IS BANNED

>

>

>

> ----------

> Ross Minett[sMTP:ross]

> 13 November 2000 17:11

> ANIMAL WELFARE DELIGHT AS FUR FARMING IS BANNED

>

> Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is today celebrating as the

> Government's

> Bill to ban fur farming completed its final stage in the House of Lords.

>

> " CIWF applauds the Government's decision to ban fur farming " , says Justin

> Wilkes, CIWF's Parliamentary Officer. " The keeping of mink - who are

> essentially wild animals - in small barren cages is ethically

> unacceptable.

> It is totally wrong in a civilised society for animals to be kept in

> restricted and deprived conditions simply to serve the whims of fashion

> and

> adornment. CIWF will now turn its attention to banning fur farming in

> other

> European countries - and the United States " .

>

> Editor's Notes

>

> The Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill will prohibit the farming of mink and

> other animals primarily or solely for their fur from 2003. There are at

> present around 13 mink factory farms in England and Wales.

>

> By nature, mink are highly active, semi-aquatic animals. In the wild,

> mink

> travel and forage over distances up to 2 miles; they also swim, dive and

> climb. All these activities are denied them in the tiny cages of the

> factory farm.

>

> The Bill is still to return to the Commons and receive Royal Assent, but

> these two stages are mere formalities.

>

> - ENDS -

>

>

> For further information and photographs please contact Justin Wilkes or

> Peter Stevenson on 01730 233904/268863. Out of hours: 01750 82321.

> CIWF HAS AN ISDN LINK AVAILABLE FOR RADIO INTERVIEWS.

> An electronic version of this press release is available at:

> www.ciwf.co.uk

>

> Yours Sincerely

> ROSS MINETT

> Campaigns Officer

> Compassion in World Farming

> Charles House, 5A Charles Street, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, GU32 3EH

> Tel: 01730 264208, Fax: 01730 260791

> http://www.ciwf.co.uk

>

>

 

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