Agri-Business
A total of almost €3.4 million has been paid out todate in compensation claims to fur farming operators, according to latest figures.
Rural Life
Members of gun clubs in the midlands region will serve as the "feet on the ground" in a new pilot project to eradicate mink in the region.
Environment
A new project to eradicate the invasive American mink in and around the midlands of Ireland had been launched.
The European Union has today (Friday July 18) officially added the American Mink to the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union Concern.
The owners of a former mink farm in Co. Laois have applied for planning permission for it to be...
The chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee for Agriculture Jackie Cahill called for a cull to control the wild population of mink.
Minister of State Malcolm Noonan has said that the government has no current plans to carry out a national cull of mink.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) said an independent assessor is currently examining compensation claims following the ban on fur farming
Mink are a non-native species "which hunt for sport and must eradicated" said Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill.
An assessor is currently examining compensation claims made by fur farms following their closure due to a government-imposed ban last year.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) expects an order required to implement a ban fur farming to be finalised by the end of the year.
Fur farming will be banned in Ireland as a bill has passed its final stage in the Seanad yesterday, the Green Party said.
Following news of the recommendation to cull mink on Irish farms, PETA has said that "the end of fur farming has arrived not a day too soon".
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called for wild mink to be included in a nationwide cull of the species on farms in Ireland.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is urging countries to implement risk management measures relating to the mink industry.
