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November 5, 2021
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Vancouver – Under, please discover a assertion from PETA President Ingrid Newkirk in response to the announcement that British Columbia will prohibit preserving reside minks on farms in 2023, with all pelts to be bought in 2025—each strikes certain to guard animals’ lives:
“Pamela Anderson to the rescue—once more! After the B.C.-born Baywatch star teamed up with PETA and persuaded Premier John Horgan to shut down mink farms, it seems that the federal government lastly bought the message. By shuttering these COVID-19 hotspots, the province will likely be safer for public well being and kinder for light minks, who will now not be pressured to endure a cycle of torment, abuse, and slaughter.”
In its push to close down mink farms, PETA has additionally printed an investigation with footage from Malcolm Klimowicz, who filmed mink farms in Canada, and the group has focused the premier with a petition signed by Canada residents.
PETA—whose motto reads, partially, that “animals usually are not ours to put on”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For extra info, please go to PETA.org or comply with the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.
