The propos­ed ban is the result of an agreem­ent reache­d in Januar­y 2018Norway’s government on Wednesday detailed plans to ban fur farms by 2025, offering financial compensation to farmers who blasted it as a “historic betrayal”. “We’re being offered a few kroner, which is far from compensating for the planned dismantling of farms,” Guri Wormdahl, a spokesperson for the fur farmers’ organisation Norges Pelsdyralslag, told AFP. The government has estimated it will have to pay farmers around 500 million kroner (52 million euros, $54 million) in compensation for either the dismantling or reconversion of their businesses. According to Norges Pelsdyralslag, the country’s fur farming industry employs around 500 people and has annual sales of 300 million kroner. Norway accounts for around one per cent of global mink fur production and between two and three per cent of fox fur production.

Source: The Express Tribune April 10, 2019 14:26 UTC