{"id":56898,"date":"2025-06-03T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/?p=56898"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:23:26","slug":"montreal-spca-calls-out-government-inaction-on-fur-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/montreal-spca-calls-out-government-inaction-on-fur-farms\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal SPCA calls out government inaction on fur farms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56898\" class=\"elementor elementor-56898 elementor-56763\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-16b3198 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"16b3198\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c6490c\" data-id=\"5c6490c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f054c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f054c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Press release \u2013 for immediate release<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bc59c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6bc59c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Montreal SPCA calls out government inaction on fur farms<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48a167e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48a167e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 21px;\">Documents reveal that MAPAQ staff have been recommending\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 21px; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">a ban since 2022<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-da1a22e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"da1a22e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3674b54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3674b54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Montreal, June 3, 2025 \u2013 <\/b>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/DAI_MAPAQ-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documents<\/a> obtained by the Montreal SPCA via an access to information request, <strong>staff at the Minist\u00e8re de l&#8217;Agriculture, des P\u00eacheries et de l&#8217;Alimentation du Qu\u00e9bec (MAPAQ) have been reporting since 2022 that the conditions in which foxes and minks are raised for fur in Quebec \u201cdo not meet the biological needs of the animals.\u201d<\/strong> In an e-mail dated October 2023, a regulatory advisor from the Ministry stated that \u201cthe industry is in decline, has very low social acceptability and does not ensure the welfare of these animals.\u201d Addressing the MAPAQ director responsible for food safety and animal welfare, she asked for her collaboration in \u201cfinding the quickest and most effective solution possible,\u201d to ban the industry in Quebec. <strong>In response to these revelations, the SPCA is urging the government to act quickly to put an end to the suffering of animals raised for their fur.<\/strong><\/p><p>A report on the situation produced in 2022 by the MAPAQ concludes with the recommendation: <strong>\u201cNow would be an excellent time to ban this practice with zero economic consequences for the industry.\u201d<\/strong> The documents specify that \u201cno mitigation measures are possible based on the biological needs of the animals,\u201d and that \u201cthese animals cannot be kept in intensive farming conditions while respecting their welfare.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>\u201cAnd yet, nothing has been done with regard to this issue,\u201d<\/strong> points out Sophie Gaillard, Director of Animal Advocacy and Legal and Government Affairs at the Montreal SPCA. \u201cGiven that the MAPAQ itself has determined that fur farming is incompatible with animal welfare and should be banned, it is unconscionable that the government has still not taken action.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6015a31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6015a31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30c6ecc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30c6ecc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Quebec would become the second province to ban the practice<\/strong><\/p><p>More than 15 countries around the world have already banned fur farms. In Canada, British Columbia became the first province to ban mink farming in 2021. The majority of Quebecers want to see these facilities closed in Quebec\u00b9. At a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPCAMontreal\/videos\/765268328098275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provincial election debate<\/a> on animal protection organized by the SPCA in 2022, the three opposition parties\u2014the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois, the Quebec Liberal Party and Qu\u00e9bec solidaire\u2014committed to banning fur farming.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8e9051 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d8e9051\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54cd317 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54cd317\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>An industry in decline<\/strong><\/p><p>The fur industry, particularly fur farming, is in decline worldwide. Quebec is no exception: while there were 226 fur farms in Quebec in 1982, by 2022 there were only three\u00b2. But these three farms alone are still causing suffering to thousands of animals.<\/p><p>The Montreal SPCA is inviting the public to sign a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/interdisons-les-fermes-a-fourrure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> addressed to the government calling for a swift ban on fur farming in Quebec.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693b81c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"693b81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-487cb94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"487cb94\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cbb012\" data-id=\"9cbb012\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e096d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5e096d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Excerpts from a report on the situation produced in 2022 by the MAPAQ* <\/span><\/h5><ul><li>\u201cThe conditions in which the animals are kept do not meet their biological needs.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe animals are kept in cages with floors made entirely of wire mesh in poor sanitary conditions.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe environment is very impoverished and cannot meet the stimulation needs of intelligent predators.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe accumulation of feces and other odours is a constant olfactory irritant.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cAnimals are unable to express normal behaviour.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe buildings are not heated, which can make access to water difficult in winter.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cSlaughter is carried out by inhalation for minks and by rectal electrocution for foxes. [&#8230;] The stress and pain suffered by the animal in the minutes preceding this loss of consciousness appear to be very high.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><p>*Obtained through an access to information request<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d5fd89\" data-id=\"9d5fd89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3433957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3433957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-711x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-56773\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-711x1024.png 711w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-768x1106.png 768w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-1067x1536.png 1067w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure-1422x2048.png 1422w, https:\/\/www.spca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/communique-fourrure.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35bb2ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35bb2ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dba1b3\" data-id=\"7dba1b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e7795 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"47e7795\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-334e576 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"334e576\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\"><b>On the same subject:<\/b><\/span><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/summary-commitments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Commitments from the 2022 Election Debate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spca.com\/en\/fur-farms-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shocking Images of Quebec Fur Farms Prompt the Montreal SPCA To Call on Parties for a Ban<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spca.com\/frun-eleveur-danimaux-a-fourrure-de-la-monteregie-trouve-coupable-de-cruaute-envers-les-animauxenmonteregie-fur-farmer-found-guilty-of-animal-cruelty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Un \u00e9leveur d\u2019animaux \u00e0 fourrure de la Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie trouv\u00e9 coupable de cruaut\u00e9 envers les animaux<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Photo credits:<\/strong> We Animals Media, Quebec, 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b14a4b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b14a4b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d37b5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d37b5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00b9 Online poll of 1,015 Quebecers conducted by L\u00e9ger Marketing from May 6 to 9, 2022 on behalf of TACT.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9375rem; letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">\u00b2 Statistics Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/t1\/tbl1\/en\/tv.action?pid=3210011601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supply and disposition of mink and fox on fur farms <\/a>(Table 32-10-0116-01) (2021), online; Statistics Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/t1\/tbl1\/en\/cv.action?pid=3210015501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Selected livestock and poultry, Census of Agriculture historical data<\/a>, (Table 32-10-0155-01) (2022), online.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2c8f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c2c8f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a833da elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a833da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span lang=\"FR-CA\" xml:lang=\"FR-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2013 30 \u2013<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Source: <\/b>Montreal SPCA www.spca.com\/en\/<\/p><p><b>Media information:<\/b><\/p><p>T\u00f6k communications 514-247-0526<\/p><p>Marie-H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Avon, mariehelene@tokcommunications.ca<\/p><p><b>About the Montreal SPCA<\/b><\/p><p>Founded in Montreal in 1869, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (now known simply as the Montreal SPCA) was the first animal welfare organization in Canada. 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