Cabinet Approve Ban On Fur Farming

It means one mink farm in Co.Laois will have to close next year.

Cabinet has approved a ban on fur farming to take effect from early next year. 

It will mean the closure of three mink farms in Laois, Kerry and Donegal housing some 120,000 animals. 

Junior Agriculture Minister, Offaly Green Party Senator Pippa Hackett says those farmers will be compensated:

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