That this House is opposed to the farming of mink for their fur; notes that more than 50,000 mink are killed for their pelts every year on fur farms for the sake of an inessential luxury item; believes that it is impossible to create the space and conditions that mink in the wild would need, such as swimming water and ground for digging, resulting in poor welfare for the animals, such as behavioural problems and self mutilation; congratulates the honourable Member for Liverpool, Garston on the introduction of the Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill; and urges the Government to support this important animal welfare issue so that the cruel practice of fur farming in the United Kingdom is brought to an end.

That this House is opposed to the farming of mink for their fur; notes that more than 50,000 mink are killed for their pelts every year on fur farms for the sake of an inessential luxury item; believes that it is impossible to create the space and conditions that mink...

That this House agrees with the Chairman of the Farm Animal Council when he described the farming of fur bearing animals as inappropriate and that it would be very difficult to design suitable accommodation that could possibly be economic; further feels that current welfare provision for fur bearing animals is totally inadequate; and that the existing licensing system, which only applies to mink, has failed to prevent these animals escaping into the countryside; and calls upon the Government to list mink and Arctic fox under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976.

That this House agrees with the Chairman of the Farm Animal Council when he described the farming of fur bearing animals as inappropriate and that it would be very difficult to design suitable accommodation that could possibly be economic; further feels that current welfare provision for fur bearing animals is...

That this House agrees with the Farm Animal Welfare Council that mink and Arctic fox are 'essentially wild animals' and that the systems employed in their farming 'do not satisfy some of the most basic criteria ... identified for protecting the welfare of farm animals'; notes that this opinion is shared by leading animal welfare and behaviour experts, veterinarians and zoologists and agrees with the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, the honourable Member for Crawley, that fur farming is 'a disagreeable business'; further notes that as of July this year there were 14 licensed mink farms in Britain; and calls upon the Government to phase out the unjustifiably cruel practice of fur farming immediately.

That this House agrees with the Farm Animal Welfare Council that mink and Arctic fox are 'essentially wild animals' and that the systems employed in their farming 'do not satisfy some of the most basic criteria ... identified for protecting the welfare of farm animals'; notes that this opinion is...

That this House endorses the statement of the Government's own Farm Animal Welfare Council that `the systems employed in the farming of mink and fox do not satisfy some of the most basic criteria for protecting the welfare of farm animals'; supports the view of leading zoologists and veterinary experts that such farming, where mink and fox suffer all the typical reactions of wild creatures in a restricted and deprived environment, is cruel and barbaric; notes that Mink (Keeping) Orders have signally failed to prevent mink escaping from such farms in the past, posing a threat to native wildlife and domestic animals; and strongly urges the Minister of Agriculture to make a new Order prohibiting from 1st January 1993 the keeping of mink in fur factory farms, and take similar action for foxes.

That this House endorses the statement of the Government's own Farm Animal Welfare Council that `the systems employed in the farming of mink and fox do not satisfy some of the most basic criteria for protecting the welfare of farm animals'; supports the view of leading zoologists and veterinary experts...

That this House notes the existence in Britain of 31 mink factory farms and two Arctic fox factory farms; endorses the view of the Government's welfare advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Council, which disapproves of mink and fox factory farming as the systems involved do not satisfy some of the most basic criteria for protecting the welfare of farm animals; believes that the rearing on factory farms of mink and fox, and their subsequent killing by lethal injection or gassing, merely in order to satisfy a whim of fashion, are morally obnoxious to large numbers of the British public; recognises that this view is shared by many leading zoologists and animal welfare behaviour experts; and urges Her Majesty's Government to legislate for the phasing-out of Britain's mink and fox fur factory farms without delay, and to call upon other member states of the European Community to do likewise.

That this House notes the existence in Britain of 31 mink factory farms and two Arctic fox factory farms; endorses the view of the Government's welfare advisory body, the Farm Animal Welfare Council, which disapproves of mink and fox factory farming as the systems involved do not satisfy some of...