TV chef Nigella Lawson angered anti-fur campaigners after saying she would happily kill a bear and wear its skin as a trophy.

A group campaigning against fur farming in Ireland has made a renewed call to the Government to outlaw the controversial industry.

EACH of the country’s 166 Dáil deputies will be given a miniature mink or fox toy today as part of the campaign to ban fur farming.

READERS may be shocked to learn that the trade in the fur from domestic dogs and cats is perfectly legal in Ireland and most of Europe.

THOSE responsible for the recent escape of mink from a fur factory farm Irish Examiner, February 22) may have had noble intentions but their actions were ill-judged.