Joanna Swabe

Senior Director of Public Affairs, Humane World for Animals Europe

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Denmark abandons mink farming, reversing EU exemption plan

Welcomed the decision; campaigning for an EU-wide fur ban

Denmark's government announced Friday it will not apply for an EU exemption for mink farming, ending an industry that once made the country the world's largest mink fur producer. The phase-out completes by August 2029, closing a trade nearly a century old.

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