Friday, December 21, 2012

Dutch law will ban mink farming by 2024!

The Dutch senate on Tuesday passed a ban on mink farming in the Netherlands, the world's third-largest producer of the animal fur, in a ruling that will phase out the industry by 2024. The bill, tabled by both the Labour Party and the Socialist Party, was passed by a majority of lawmakers in a vote of 46 to 29, according to a statement on the senate website.

Read more here...

And it looks like I forgot to post the other week that Costa Rica has banned hunting! My bad.  Anyone checking this blog has probably read all about it by now, but in case not, here's a link to more...





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