Ban on mink and fox fur farming urged

YOU wouldn’t do it to a dog. That was the verdict of shocked shoppers in Dublin’s Grafton Street yesterday when a caged person dressed as a silver fox pleaded with them to support a postcard campaign to ban fur farming in Ireland.

There are six mink farms and at least two fox farms operating in Ireland. Between them, they factory-farm about 140,000 mink and 1,700 silver and arctic foxes. Unlike mink farms, fox farms don't have to be licensed, so there could be more.

Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) is distributing thousands of colour postcards showing a caged silver fox and carrying the message: Shame on Ireland.