A majority of fur committee is in favor of sustainable development of the industry. A minority recommends however controlled liquidation.
Five members of the committee – Chairwoman Director Anne Karin Hamre, Torstein Steine Steen Henrik Møller, Hadle Nevoy and Camilla Kielland – advocates sustainable development of fur industry. They believe the welfare of fur animals will be safeguarded if the rules are followed.
But the case has divided members, and three of them – Sveinung Eikeland, Kathryn Ryeng and Kathy Tveito – enters the controlled liquidation of the industry. These people doubt whether animal welfare can be safeguarded when fox and mink captive wire cages in small spaces.
One member, Marianne Olssøn, did not want to give any recommendation on which option politicians should choose.
Consultation in wait
This committee, which was appointed last year, has had the task to consider sustainable development and controlled liquidation as two main options for fur industry’s future.
– This industry is constantly up for debate, and it is good to get factual information to consider these issues from, said Agriculture and Food Sylvi Listhaug (FRP) when the report was presented to her on Monday morning.
Listhaug will now send the report out for consultation. She says waiting great involvement in the consultation process.
After the hearing, the government shall draw a conclusion about the industry’s future. A significant majority in Parliament have already resolved to ask the government to consider a ban on fur farming.
Controversial industry
Fur Keep in Norway is currently profitable and competitive internationally. But the industry is also very controversial, and so it will remain.
– Wherever strict regulations is assumed for animal welfare to fur farming, the resistance against fur farming never disappear, said Hamre when she presented the report.
In addition, the industry is exposed to fluctuations in the market internationally.
– The Commission believes that it is first and foremost industry itself is responsible for safeguarding competitiveness, held Hamre.
The industry currently receives about 40 million in grants from the state.
If the industry is to be preserved, it should according to sample more research on alternatives where there used wire cages.
The Board also believes that a ban on fur farming in Norway should be combined with a compensation. (© NTB)
(© NTB)
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