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More calls to ban mink farms after animal at 3rd B C facility tests positive for virus that causes COVID-19

  VANCOUVER With a mink on another B.C. farm testing positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 this week, a growing a list of an animal welfare advocates have banded together to demand that the B.C. government ban mink farms in the province. The BC SPCA, The Humane Society International, The Fur-Bearers and The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs have joined the call first introduced in a letter written by infectious disease experts in March. It is at the point that anything less than a total ban would be the B.C. government putting private interest ahead of public health, said Kelly Butler of Humane Society International, Canada.

Should Massachusetts prohibit the sale of new fur products in the state?

Should Massachusetts prohibit the sale of new fur products in the state? John Laidler State representative, Framingham Democrat Massachusetts residents made it abundantly clear that we cared about animals when we passed the 2016 farm animal protection ballot initiative with nearly 78 percent of the vote. Now we should finally say “no” to fur, a product so outdated and cruel that many fashion retailers – including Massachusetts’ own TJX and most recently Saks Fifth Avenue – are forgoing it for better alternatives. To that end, I filed H965, a bipartisan bill with 40 cosponsors from across the Commonwealth, which would phase out the retail sale of new animal fur products. A companion bill in the Senate (S623) would do the same.

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