Switzerland moots import ban on cruelly produced furs
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Listening: Switzerland moots import ban on cruelly produced furs
The Swiss government is proposing a ban on the import of furs that produced in a cruel conditions along with a prohibition on their trade within Switzerland.
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The government is planning to amend the Animal Protection Act accordingly. It submitted its draft for consultation on Wednesday, which will last until November 22.
Parliament is due to make a decision from summer 2025.
The Federal Council intends to submit the amendment to the law as an indirect counter-proposal to the fur initiative. It rejects the initiative itself.
With the ban on trade within Switzerland, the counter-proposal goes further than the initiative, which only provides for a ban on imports, writes the Federal Council.
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