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Animal Activist Goes Undercover at Norwegian Fur Farms

1/5/2015

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In 2012 and 2013 the Norwegian animal activist, Frank Nervik, 
worked undercover at Norwegian fur farms. What he found was shocking.
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Frank used a spy camera, inserted in his shirt button.
In Norway we have around 270 fur farms. Over one million animals get killed every year. The Norwegian fur farm industry receives 40 million kroner every year, which translates to around 15 million dollars. In the wild, the mink swims every day, and they often live close to the water. But in the fur farms, they never bathe. They live in cages the size of a shopping cart.

The Norwegian production company, Piraya Films, in collaboration with Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) produced  the  documentary, Pels, which means fur in Norwegian. Frank Nervik, a Norwegian psychologist, and animal activist was willing to go undercover at randomly chosen fur farms all over Norway to get a behind the scenes look at the fur industry.  His cover story was to volunteer at a fur farm because he wanted to learn how to start his own fur farm. With his offer of free labor, he was allowed to see what really goes on behind closed doors.

The undercover investigation revealed:

-illegal lifting after tail with tongs
-illegal use of lifting tongs
-unlawful killing of minks
-handling of wounds and injuries not in line with regulations
-it revealed sub-standard care and feeding that was in violation of legal requirements

Unfortunately, any further investigation by police has been dismissed supposedly due to lack of time, but likely it's because they didn't want to get involved. 
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NRK wanted to show Pels on their Investigation TV show, Brennpunkt,  which aired (after a lot of discussion between Piraya and the fur industry) December 9, 2014 for one hour and eight minutes. It included  an interview with the Norwegian animal police (mattilsynet) and with the leader of the Norwegian Fur Association, Guri wormdahl. The politician, Sandra Boch, who supports the fur industry, was planning to join the show, but she actually got death threats if she joined the show. The police are currently investigating the threats, so I haven’t gotten any more info about that. 


As of today's blog, it's been a couple of weeks since the documentary aired, and just as Frank Nervik shocked the Norwegian audience for days, things have now calmed down, almost as quickly as they erupted. Will people remember what this documentary exposed? Will they care? Will fewer people buy fur coats and fur trimmed clothing as a result of learning about the abuse? We’ll have to wait and see.

My name is Bendik Klein and I’m your reporter from Norway!

4 Comments
Betsy
1/5/2015 21:33:11

Hi Bendik,
I received this comment on Facebook about this article:

Great job by this young animal reporter! I'm grateful that he's educating people about the cruelties associated with the fur industry.

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Gunn Eliassen
1/5/2015 21:35:08

Wow! Great post by Bendik. This is the no 1 issue for all animal activists in Norway, and for all common people who love animals. Well done, Bendik for sharing with the world! I'm in awe of how a couple of FB posts can inspire people to go the extra length of actually writing an article. Social media certainly is powerful!

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Mary
1/5/2015 21:38:12

What a wonderful job on this article. I'm looking forward to reading more of Bendik's writing.

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Michele Leese via Betsy
1/6/2015 23:01:33

Bendik, This is another comment I saw on FB on Gunn's page:

Wow! Great blog post. I'm also very impressed with Bendik, Gunn. I hope he continues to write about these sorts of issues from Norway. The entire blog is a wonderful idea, trying to encourage children to think about animals in more humane ways and to write about animal-related topics that interest them. Thanks for posting this.

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