Special Feature: Euro Watch
Fur Farming in Europe: World Center of Farmed Fur Production
Rules and Regulations: Labeling
Oversight for Product Labeling North America
Ban on Trade in Seal Products
Norway & Canada Request WTO Consultation on Ban Both Norway and Canada have requested WTO dispute settlement consultations following the EU’s decision on 16 September to ban trade in seal products. The decision was first formally published on 31 October 2009, enabling Norway and Canada to now request WTO consultations. The ban will enter into…
EU Seal Ban Irresponsible and Counterproductive
New Ban Will Have Ramifications for Other Industries Fur Institute of Canada, July 27, 2009 – OTTAWA: Today, the Fur Institute of Canada and representatives from Canada’s seal trade described a move in the EU to ratify a ban on commercial seal products as “irresponsible and counterproductive – a completely political move – but not…
Norwegian Fur Farmers Content with Labour Party Resolution
Norwegian Fur Breeder’s Association Press Release April 21, 2009 – The Labour party still supports Norwegian fur farming, and we’re pleased that the largest political party in Norway has faith in our industry, says Odd Harald Nordsveen, chairman of the board in the Norwegian Fur Breeders’ Association. The annual convention of the Labour party has just…
EU Votes for Full Ban on Seal Products
Injustice is Served: EU Council Favors Political Expediency Over Science and Law Fur Institute of Canada, March 27, 2009 – “The decision taken today in Brussels to support a complete ban on the trade in all seal products has been made for political expediency,” says Fur Institute of Canada executive director Rob Cahill. Cahill was…
EU Proposed Seal Products Ban Puts Propaganda Before Animal Welfare
News Release: Government of Nunavut July 23, 2008 – IQALUIT, NUNAVUT: The Government of Nunavut is disappointed that the European Union Commission is responding to the propaganda of animal rights fundraisers rather than the science of animal husbandry in its proposal to ban the trade in seal products.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Marine Mammal Protection Act
The 1972 U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act bans imports or sales of all marine mammal products, regardless of the conservation status of the species, negatively impacting the economies and cultural traditions of indigenous peoples in the High North. Key reads: Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada. Reports on Seals: Links to the latest management plan, the government’s response…
HSUS Pitches “Eco-Label ” for Farm Animals
Which Comes First? The Chicken, the Egg, the Pork, or HSUS? We’ve seen it before: “green” and animal “rights” groups, while producing piles of misinformation on resource production issues, offering to certify and market “humanely” and / or “environmentally” produced food and clothing. For a fee, of course.
New Law to Boost Consumer Confidence in Legitimate Fur Trade
FUR COMMISSION USA PRESS RELEASE, NOVEMBER 12, 2000 (UPDATED NOVEMBER 13) ON NOVEMBER 13, 2000, President Clinton signed into law HR 4868, the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000, which includes among its more than 100 individual provisions, a prohibition on the importation of any products containing domestic dog and cat fur. The final,…