On Tuesday 22 June 2021, Cabinet approval was granted to abolish fur farming in the Republic of Ireland. The measures will be part of an amendment to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013, and are likely to include a provision that chinchillas and foxes and mink can not be farmed for their fur or skin. There are currently three fur farms in Ireland, which kill around 100,000 mink annually.
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Fur farming is a risk to human health, as Covid mutations found in mink
Around 17 million mink are being slaughtered, kept in cruel conditions and now cruelly killed just for the fur trade.
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