DutchNews, November 10, 2015
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The ban
on fur farming introduced in the Netherlands in 2013 has been upheld by the
appeal court in The Hague.
A lower court last year found in favour of fur
farmers who are furious at being ordered to shut down their companies without
compensation. The appeal court, however, said on Tuesday that the new
legislation does take the interest of fur farmers sufficiently into account
because of the 11 year changeover period.
Fur farmers said in a reaction to
Tuesday’s ruling that they will take the issue to the high court. ‘We have
already said that we will pursue this case to the bitter end,’ a spokesman for
the fur farmers association NFE told news agency ANP.
‘We are extremely puzzled
as to why last year the court found in our favour and now opinions have
changed. This is both a surprise and a disappointment, because we had not
expected it,’ the spokesman said.
The ban on fur farming came into effect on
January 15, 2013 and included an 11-year transition for existing companies.
The
Netherlands has some 160 fur farms producing five million pelts a year. The
sector employs some 1,400 people. The Netherlands is the third biggest fur
farming nation in the world behind Denmark and China.
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