BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania will phase out fur farms by 2027, lawmakers voted on Tuesday after a campaign by animal rights activists.
The European Union state is the twenty-second European country to ban fur farming, Humane Society International/Europe said in a statement after the vote.
Lawmakers amended animal rights legislation to phase out farming chinchilla and mink for their fur.
The number of Romanian fur farms fell to around a dozen in 2022 from over 150 a decade ago, Humane Society International/Europe said.
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated fur farm bans across Europe after the virus was found at multiple mink farms.
(Reporting by Luiza Ilie; editing by Jason Neely)
