Lobby group to step up campaign against fur farming in Ireland

A CAMPAIGN to ban fur farming in Ireland is to be stepped up in the New Year by Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).

It announced it will be focusing on the issue following the successful completion of its campaign to end subsidies for live cattle exports to the Middle East.

CIWF said there are currently six mink farms in the Republic, but the practice is illegal in Northern Ireland.