{"id":46903,"date":"2023-02-10T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=46903"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:11:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T15:11:20","slug":"sheffields-frustration-at-plans-to-drop-banning-fur-and-foie-gras-importation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/sheffields-frustration-at-plans-to-drop-banning-fur-and-foie-gras-importation\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield\u2019s frustration at plans to drop banning fur and foie gras importation."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheffield reacts with anger as Rishi Sunak\u2019s government dropped a proposed ban on importing fur and foie gras earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annabel Wroath, a member of The University of Sheffield\u2019s Conservation Society, said: \u201cwe are meant to be leading in climate change and other important issues so why are we now going back on important things and going back on animal rights that will have a knock-on effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miss Wroath said allowing imports of fur is a gateway to allowing other dangerous threats to conservation like ivory and &#8220;we do not need to be supporting the extinction of these animals&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/gettyimages-57166464-612x612-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46906\" width=\"612\" height=\"408\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Force-feeding of geese to make foie gras (credit: Getty Images Embed) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Banning fur and foie gras imports was part of the Animals Abroad Bill introduced under Boris Johnson. However, ministers ditched the bill after they deemed it \u201cun-conservative\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biology student at The University of Sheffield described the situation as \u201cfrustrating\u201d and accused the government of \u201cemphasising the wrong thing when the focus should be on protecting biodiversity and wildlife rather than maintaining loyalty to a party\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While fur farming and the production of foie gras \u2013 a pat\u00e9 made from the livers of force-fed ducks or geese \u2013 are currently illegal in the UK, campaigners say large quantities of both commodities continue to enter the country each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Dan Lyons, the chief executive officer of the Centre for Animals and Social Justice, said: \u201cObviously the situation is deeply disappointing and not entirely surprising, it\u2019s a symptom of the fact the British government as a whole puts very little weight on animal protection and is internally callous about animal production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no department in the British government that protects animals from cruelty. Dr Lyons pointed out that animals don\u2019t have a voice to speak against this \u201csadistic cruelty\u201d so \u201cit\u2019s time for humans to speak out\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Lyons said that British people as a whole and Sheffield residents seem to care deeply about animals so it&#8217;s up to the government to \u201chear the problem, change the structure and incorporate this into policy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/CYCj8k6WkAAUOTw-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46907\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr Dan Lyons, CEO of CASJ, speaking at an animal rights convention (credit: Dr Dan Lyon) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Centre for Animals and Social Justice (CASJ)&nbsp;is a British charity founded in 2011. The Centre\u2019s work is based on Dr Lyons\u2019 award-winning research into the politics of animal protection which reveals that animal advocacy in the UK is limited by the government structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environment secretary, Therese Coffey, has said that animal welfare is important, the government must \u201cthink through priorities\u201d with limited time to push through legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2023\/02\/PETA-campaign.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46909\" width=\"657\" height=\"438\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Members of PETA protest against the sale of Foie Gras at Fortnum &amp; Mason on April 21, 2011 in London, England.  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