Minding Animals Norway mentioned in Norwegian parliament debate on fur farming

On December 8th, Minding Animals Norway was mentioned in a debate in the Norwegian parliament, by our previous board member Une Aina Bastholm (Green Party of Norway). The debate concerned animal welfare/the living conditions of fur animals. Bastholm pointed out that Minding Animals Norway, "an academic network", is among the organizations and institutions opposing fur farming. Bastholm´s parliament speech is available here (in Norwegian).

Minding Animals Norway joining anti-fur campaign

Minding Animals Norway is part of the campaign "Vi snur #ryggentilpels" [We turn our back to fur], which was launched yesterday. Minding Animals Norway promotes the field of Human-animal studies and does usually not take part in animal advocacy as such, but in this case we have made an exception.

See also my recent tweet with an exclusive photo of my back.

Chronicle on fish happiness linked to under NGO Aftenposten chronicle

On October 28th Siri Martinsen, head of the Norwegian NGO "NOAH - for animal rights" had a chronicle published in Aftenposten entitled "Ingen dyr skal måtte leve i bur" [No animal should have to live in cages]. One of the three links provided after the chronicle text online (under Les også, Read also) is to a chronicle written by Tore Kristiansen and me, "Fiskelykke?" [Luck in fishing/fish happiness?], here presented as "Levende fisk fårstrupe og mage skåret opp uten at de er bedøvet" ["Live fish gets throat and stomach cut open without being sedated".

Minding Animals Norway news story links to fur farming interview

A news story published by Minding Animals Norway, "Dag O. Hessen og Morten Tønnessen om pelsdyrhold i Fri tanke", links to the interview with professor Dag Hessen and myself on the ethics of fur farming which was recently published in the magazine Fri Tanke.

Interview on fur farming recommended almost 2.000 times on Facebook

The interview with professor in biology Dag Hessen and myself on fur farming, which was published online last week in the magazine Fri Tanke, has become a real hit on social media. To date the article has been recommended 1.900 times on Facebook.