Czech MPs want to ban fur farms | Prague Monitor
Prague, March 3 (CTK) - Twenty deputies from various parties will submit a bill to ban fur farms in the Czech Republic, they told reporters on Thursday.
Under the draft legislation, new fur farms could not be opened as of 2017 and the existing ones would be shut down by the end of 2018. The ban would not apply to rabbits that are not primarily bred for fur, the MPs said.
The lower house agriculture committee rejected a similar proposal last year.
At present nine farms are run in the Czech Republic with a population of 10.5 million.
"To breed and kill animals primarily for the purpose of gaining fur is hardly acceptable in the 21st century. Not to mention the fact that the conditions of keeping these animals in captivity do not correspond to the ethology of the bred species at all," deputy Robin Boehnisch (Social Democrats, CSSD) said.
Prague, March 3 (CTK) - Twenty deputies from various parties will submit a bill to ban fur farms in the Czech Republic, they told reporters on Thursday.
Under the draft legislation, new fur farms could not be opened as of 2017 and the existing ones would be shut down by the end of 2018. The ban would not apply to rabbits that are not primarily bred for fur, the MPs said.
The lower house agriculture committee rejected a similar proposal last year.
At present nine farms are run in the Czech Republic with a population of 10.5 million.
"To breed and kill animals primarily for the purpose of gaining fur is hardly acceptable in the 21st century. Not to mention the fact that the conditions of keeping these animals in captivity do not correspond to the ethology of the bred species at all," deputy Robin Boehnisch (Social Democrats, CSSD) said.
