EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CLOSES DOG AND CAT FUR LOOPHOLE
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Parliament yesterday (Tues 19/6) scrapped an exemption to a proposed ban on importing dog or cat fur into the European Union (EU), allowing trades if source animals were "not bred or killed for fur production". In an amendment, MEPs feared this would leave a "gaping loophole" in the legislation, which traders would quickly exploit, sending dog and cat fur clothes to Europe. As a result, the parliament - having negotiated an agreed text with the EU Council of Ministers - approved a more watertight regulation that bans dog and cat fur ...
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