The Czech Republic bans fur farms

[Catherine]

Canada is a long way from banning fur farming. There is still a strong Canadian "tradition" of wearing fur because of our cold winters. However many of us are perfectly warm in our fur free winter clothes. We need to develop a new tradition of being a cruelty free country. I think it will come with time, but we are not there yet.

I do wish they wouldn't free the mink when they raid a fur farm. The farmed mink are not a native species and they can kill a lot of local wildlife. Also it is cruel to turn a farmed animal loose like that. I doubt their lives go well.

We still do a lot of fur trapping as well. It is going to take a lot of work to change the attitude towards fur. This country was founded on the fur trade. We need to move beyond that. We are more than a just a bunch of lumber jacks and fur traders. Maybe in this our 150th year we need to find a new Canadian identity. Cruelty free Canada sounds like a good goal for our next 50 years.