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Council of the European Union Adopts Seal Ban
Monday, July 27, 2009
Today the General Affairs Council of the European Union formally adopted the ban on the placing of the market of seal products throughout the EU without discussion.
Read more...Mink Farming to Be Banned by The World’s Third Largest Producing Country
Friday, July 10, 2009
On 30 June a majority in the Dutch Parliament voted in favour of a bill banning the farming of mink for fur on ethical grounds.
Read more...Canada’s annual seal hunt ends after only a quarter of the quota is reached
Monday, June 29, 2009
The quota for this year’s hunt off the east coast of Canada had been set at 338,000 but has now closed and official figures show that 70,000 seals were in fact killed. Fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada, took some 70,000 seals. The fishermen taking part in the hunt blame a drastic fall in pelt prices brought about by the (then) impending European Union ban on seal products which was passed on 5 May and is expected to come into effect in October.
Read more...Denmark Bans Fox Farming
Monday, June 01, 2009
A bill to ban the farming of fox in Denmark was passed on 29 May 2009. The legislation cites on moral grounds as it was deemed impossible to meet the welfare needs of foxes in factory farm conditions.
Read more...European Union Bans Trade in Seal Products
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Respect for Animals Welcomes Historic Legislation
Strasbourg, 5 May 2009 - Today the European Parliament voted by a large majority to ban the placing on the market of seal products throughout the 27 countries of the EU.
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Respect for Animals campaigns against the cruel and unnecessary international fur trade, believing fur farming and trapping to be morally indefensible.
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Press releases
- UK Students take top prizes in Design Against Fur Animation Competition
- Court Declares Seal Hunt Observers Innocent
- Coalition of animal protection groups calls for Irish support for seal import ban
- Sign up to our petition - tell retailers to go Fur Free
- EU SEAL IMPORT BAN TO BE PROPOSED TODAY
- Paul McCartney supports Brussels Rally for Seals
- Canada’s 275,000 seal slaughter begins
- Canadian government denies journalists and animal welfare groups permits to document slaughter
- Canadian government sanctions killing of 275,000 seal pups
- MAJOR EU STUDY HIGHLIGHTS CRUELTY OF SEAL HUNTS
- EU Announces Ban on Cat and Dog Fur Imports
- Sickened by cruelty: MEPs and seal hunt observers condemn Canada’s 2007 bloody slaughter
- ANTI-SEALING GROUPS WELCOME GOVERNMENT CALL FOR URGENT EUROPEAN BAN ON SEAL IMPORTS
- European Commission announce that the cruel trade in cat and dog fur is to be banned
- COUNCIL OF EUROPE CALLS FOR MEMBER STATES TO BAN SEAL IMPORTS
- Design Against Fur 2006 Grand Final winner announced and 2007 competition is launched
- Heart rendering seal hunt footage wins prestigious Wildscreen Festival film award
- New EU Trade Resolution to Protect Seals Welcomed
- Petition to Parliament: 30,000 say ‘stop seal imports into UK’
- Heather and Paul McCartney renew plea
- Vigils for Doomed Seals in Canada
- Canada’s Shame - 2006 Hunt Quota Announced
- Heather and Paul McCartney visit Canadian seal pups and call for an end the seal hunt
- New film shows - for first time - killing of fur farmed mink in Ireland