Netherlands to Ban Import of Fox and Chinchilla Fur

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Ms Velzen says: “In the Netherlands the keeping of foxes and chinchillas for fur production will be banned from 1st April, so it is only logical that importing these products should also be forbidden.”

The motion was carried despite opposition from the two biggest parties of the right. Krista van Velzen’s motion also called on Agriculture Minister Gerda Verburg to forward parliament’s demand for an EU-wide ban on production of fur from the two animals to her colleagues in the Council of Agriculture Ministers.

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