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FRENCH GOVERNMENT BANS CAT AND DOG FUR, FRENCH ARTISTS ARE SATISFIED!

At the request of the French and International Association for the Protection of
Animals (AFIPA), Dominique BUSSEREAU and Thierry BRETON have accepted to take an
interministerial decree to ban the importation and the marketing of cat’s and
dog’s fur on the French territory.

‘The AFIPA, with the help of many artists, has launched since a few months a
campaign directed at the government, encouraging it it to ban cat’s and dog’s
fur. We have to congratulate the ministers ‘ says Nicolas BISCAYE, President of
the AFIPA.

‘This is an encouraging first step for future actions and for the protection of
animals. But the government has to go further and has to take more measures on
this matter.

In addition to the AFIPA, several artists are also congratulating the
government: Laurence BOCCOLINI, Françoise FABIAN, Jean-Pierre FOUCAULT, Jeane
MANSON, MICHAL and Corinne TOUZET, who emphazise that the French ministers have
shown interest and took the right measures concerning cat’s and dog’s fur.

However, French artists are asking for ‘a banning of cat’s and dog’s fur on an
european level and a French labelling for fur (i.e mentioning of the commercial
name, the scientific name, the way the animals are slaughtered and the country
they come from.)’

In fact, decree 91-1163 doesn’t make it an obligation for French furriers to
mention those informations on the clothes they sell and according to the
co-signatoring artists, ‘it is very often not respected’.

On this matter, French artists ask for the AFIPA officials to be received by
government’s leaders as soon as possible.

The AFIPA officials think ‘it is the beginning of the end for the fur market’.
But as French artists conclude, ‘so much remains to do’!

Press contact :

Nicolas BISCAYE
AFIPA
Tel : 00 33 6 62 23 24 44
Email : nbiscaye@afipa.net

Nicolas BISCAYE
Président de l'AFIPA
BP 10 612
75 826 PARIS CEDEX 17
FRANCE
Email : nbiscaye@afipa.net
Tél. : 08 206 AFIPA
Port. : 06 62 23 24 44
Site Internet : www.afipa.net