Protesters push for fur farming ban

A ban on fur farming in Ireland was sought during a protest outside the Department of Agriculture and Food head offices in Dublin yesterday.

Compassion in World Farming, which organised the protest, handed in a petition calling on Minister Mary Coughlan to prohibit the action.

Molly Bhreathnach, one of the presenters of RTE’s young people’s programme S@ttitude, who joined the protest, said fur was a non-essential fashion product which no-one in Ireland needed.