Race against time to ban EU Cat & Dog Fur Trade

April 19, 2004

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Daily record

Apr 17 2004

CAMPAIGNERS are facing a race against time to ban the

evil trade in cat and dog fur.

Euro MPs finally backed a ban on the imports of

household pet skins last year following a lengthy

campaign led by the Daily Record.

But despite winning the support of a majority of MEPs,

the ban has been caught up in Euro red tape with less

than a month before the European Parliament breaks for

the May elections.

Scots Euro MP Struan Stevenson has hit out at the

European Commission who he claims are trying to stall

the ban for political reasons.

Our campaign highlighted the shocking trade in the

furs of cats and dogs, which are brutally killed and

skinned by furriers in China, Thailand and South Korea

before being imported to Europe.

MP Stevenson said: 'It is now up to the Commission to

draft the legislation and put it before the Council of

Ministers who can then approve the ban.

'But, even although it would only take five minutes

for them to write up the legislation proposal to go

before the Council, they still haven't done it and it

could all soon be too late.'

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Dave Neale

UK Director

Animals Asia Foundation

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