Ban fur farming in Romania

Romania is one of the few remaining EU member states where the keeping of animals for fur is still permitted. Although the industry has been in decline, two large mink farms and around a dozen chinchilla farms still operate, producing approximately 100,000 mink and 15,000 chinchilla pelts annually.

In 2022, an investigation by Humane Society International revealed the harsh reality of Romanian chinchilla farms, where thousands of chinchillas, including babies, live in small, filthy cages with wire mesh flooring. Farmers fit breeding females with stiff neck braces and force them into a cycle of almost perpetual pregnancy. Animals who are not used in the breeding cycle or those who fail to produce babies are killed by neck breaking, electrocution or in improvised gas chambers before being skinned. All for the sake of fur fashion. The conditions in mink farms do not differ.

Following HSI’s investigation, the Romanian Parliament started discussions on a ban on farming minks and chinchillas for their fur. The bill was adopted by the Senate but is currently held up in the committees of the lower chamber.

Please help us close all fur farms by signing a letter to the members of the Romanian Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies and the Romanian Prime Minister, with a request to prioritize the adoption of the ban on fur farming.

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Dear Mr Prime Minister, Members of the Romanian Parliament in the Chamber of Deputies,

I am in shock by what Humane Society International/Europe has revealed about the way animals are kept for their fur in Romanian chinchilla farms.

Such treatment is extremely cruel and fails to meet the very basic Five Freedoms of animal welfare as well as the requirements of Council Directive 98/58/EC.

Fur farming has no future in Romania and the Romanian Senate agrees with this. We are almost there. I urge you to speed up the process of introducing a legal ban on fur farming in Romania and thus join the 19 countries in Europe that have already done so.

Sincerely,

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