Fur farming industry dealt a killer blow with passing of new bill 

Banned fur good: Minks and other animals will no longer be able to be farmed for their skins.

There was a major milestone reached in the 20-year struggle to ban fur farming in this country in recent days when the Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 passed its final stage in the Seanad.

The signing into law of the bill in the coming weeks by President Michael D Higgins will make it illegal to breed, rear, or keep specified animals “solely or primarily for the value of, or the manufacture of products from, their fur or skin”.