Legal action possible as mink breeders fight fur farm ban

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B.C. phasing out mink farming

UpdatedNov. 7, 2021 7:13 p.m. PSTPublishedNov. 7, 2021 6:10 p.m. PSTShare

VANCOUVER -

Canadian mink breeders are not ruling out legal action as they slam the B.C. government’s decision to shutter the mink fur farming sector.

On Friday, provincial Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham unveiled a process to permanently phase out the farming of mink, due to concerns over COVID-19. The process is expected to be completed by April 2025.

There are nine mink farms in B.C. with a total of 318,000 mink. Animals on three of those farms have been infected with COVID-19.

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