Canada: Refusing import ban on cat and dog fur

Canada will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK to avoid undermining the country's position against the implementation of foreign import bands on Canadian seal products.

This summer,the European Unionvoted to ban seal products from Canada, upsetting Canada's Conservative government, which plans to contest this at theWorld Trade Organization.

Canadian Liberal MP Anita Neville has proposed a private members bill to ban cat and dog fur products, saying the EU's act is a deplorable practice and must be stopped.