[4animals] wow...Can't stop import of cat and dog fur

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Can't stop import of cat and dog fur
Feb. 10, 2006. 01:00 AM



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Imported cat and dog fur 


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I recently wrote to the office of the former prime minister expressing my concern that increased trade with China might result in the importation of items made from dog or cat fur. I suggested that Canada should step up to the plate with a ban on the importation of such products, similar to the one enacted y the United States in 2002. 

I was quite astonished by the reply I received from the then minister of international trade. After a lengthy preamble explaining the importance of the fur trade to Canada's economy, he said this: "Trade rules oblige Canada to treat foreign and domestic products on an equivalent basis. Thus, were a ban on imports into Canada of cat and dog fur products to be contemplated, there would also need to be a prohibition on the domestic sale, offering for sale, manufacture, transportation and distribution of dog and cat fur in Canada." 

And so it seems that we cannot implement a ban on the import of foreign dog and cat fur products because it might harm our domestic trade in these items. Unbelievable. I wonder how many of your readers know that such a disgusting trade is allowed to exist quite legally here in Canada. 


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Margaret Bergshoeff, Markham
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