The first is a provision to ban all mink farming in the United States inserted into the America COMPETES Act. This is part of the longstanding obsession of animal rights activists to ban all fur, leather, and wool products. In some localities, they have pushed bans on buying new fur; now they are targeting its production.
At the end of the day, animal rights activists do not think you should have a choice about wearing wool, fur, leather, or other animal-derived products. By shutting down fur farms here, they will drive prices up and put farmers out of business. (And farming will simply move to China—which is a poorer outcome for the animals.)
...The second provision is also an amendment to the America COMPETES Act that would dramatically harm the ability to move animals across state lines–even personal pets.
The measure would ban importation of an animal unless it is on a “white list.” Animals not on the list would be considered “injurious.” And the amendment allows the federal government to declare an animal injurious without any public input.
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