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Over fear of bird flu outbreak, IL lawmakers want to regulate the mink trade
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A bill filed by a State House Democrat would add regulations on an unregulated minx fur trade in ...
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Mink Fur Demand Dives, Copenhagen FW Fur-bids Exotic Skins
Data showed that 236 mink fur farms were found throughout the states ... "There is no safe way to operate a mink farm without creating a petri dish that could produce the next pandemic virus ...
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Two arrested after allegedly releasing hundreds of mink
Challis Hobbs, Executive Director of Fur Commission USA State police say ... Officials state hundreds of Mink were released from a Mink Farm in Northumberland County. According to the Pennsylvania ...
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Why Fur Is Back in Fashion
The European fur industry says it is working on a fix, but its new WelFur program must first inspect and grade thousands of farms. When I visited a mink farm in Denmark with Steen Henrik Møller ...
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Fur farming is still allowed in B.C.—this needs to change
Hundreds of thousands of small wire cages that held mink captive for their fur will soon be empty. Or will they? Recent amendments to the Fur Farm Regulation that prohibit mink farming don’t ...
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Illinois Bill Requiring Disease Monitoring on Mink Farms Passes House Committee
Joyce Mason (D-61), would protect public health and human safety by requiring disease prevention and surveillance measures at farms that raise and slaughter mink for their fur. Mink farms in Illinois ...
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Life and death in fur farming
Jo-Anne McArthur (Canada) shows American mink kits fighting for space in a nest box on a fur farm. Conducting investigations into animal cruelty is dangerous, but for Jo-Anne it is important to ...
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Rehabilitators bring animals back from fur farm horrors
Two months ago, the Humane Society of the United States busted a fur farm in Ashtabula County, where animal cruelty and abuse were rampant. More than 330 animals were saved, but they cannot all go ...
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The rise and fall of the real fur industry in the US
But grandma's mink coat may not be fought over anymore. Animal rights campaigns, government regulations, and changing trends have pushed the fur industry into decline. Back in the day, working in ...
Experts warn 'ticking time bomb' fur trade must end to prevent future pandemics
People are being told that the fur trade not only sees animals suffering in filthy farms but they are also the breeding ...
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Oregon Officials Petitioned to Add Farmed Mink to State Prohibited Species List
12,000-animal mink fur-farming operation have tested positive for COVID-19 and that the virus continues to spread within the facility. Adding mink to the prohibited species list would prohibit the ...