丹麦将于2029年8月结束水貂养殖，此前政府决定放弃寻求欧盟全面禁止该做法的豁免。
Mink farming will end in Denmark by August 2029 after the government decided to drop plans to pursue an exemption to an EU-wide ban on the practice.
丹麦曾是世界上最大的水貂皮生产国，但由于全球禁止皮草养殖、皮草贸易衰退，以及该国水貂群体早前爆发新冠病毒变异株，该行业已走向衰落。
Denmark was once the largest producer of mink fur in the world, but the industry has declined due to global bans on fur farming, a decline in the fur trade and an earlier outbreak of a Covid strain in the nation's mink population.
禁令将于明年8月7日生效，随后将有两年的过渡期逐步淘汰该做法。
The ban is due to come into effect on 7 August next year, and is followed by a two-year transition period to phase out the practice.
丹麦自然部长克里斯蒂安·拉比耶·马德森表示，政府选择了动物福利。
Danish Nature Minister Christian Rabjerg Madsen said the government had chosen animal welfare.
“企业不应仅仅因为存在了很长时间就继续下去。它也应当对社会、对经济、对动物讲得通，”他说。
"A business should not continue just because it has existed for a long time. It should also make sense for society, for the economy and for the animals," he said.
当欧盟于2025年将水貂列入入侵物种名单、禁止人们饲养水貂时，丹麦政府最初曾为本国水貂产业寻求豁免。
The Danish government had initially sought an exemption for its mink industry when the EU added the mammal to its list of invasive species in 2025, prohibiting people from keeping them.
然而，2026年6月当选的现任联合政府推翻了这一决定，并于周五决定不再推进申请。社会民主党议员布丽吉特·温德称这是“动物福利的好日子”。“绝对是正确的决定，不为丹麦水貂养殖申请特殊方案，”她说。记者已联系代表养殖户的丹麦水貂协会置评。
However, the current coalition government, elected in June 2026, reversed this decision and decided not to proceed with the application on Friday. Social Democrat MP Brigitte Vind said it was "a good day for animal welfare". "It is absolutely the right decision not to apply for a special scheme for mink breeding in Denmark," she said. The Danish Mink Association, which represents breeders, has been approached for comment.
丹麦是欧洲仍在生产水貂皮的为数不多的国家之一，水貂皮是制作皮草服装较常用的皮毛之一。然而，近年来其产量已落后于波兰、中国等国。
Denmark is one of the few European countries to still produce mink fur, one of the more common pelts used in making fur garments. However, its production has slipped behind that of other countries, such as Poland and China, in recent years.
该行业在新冠疫情期间面临危机，因在水貂身上发现新冠病毒变异株，政府下令大规模扑杀水貂。约1500万只水貂被扑杀。
The industry faced a crisis during the coronavirus pandemic, when the government ordered a mass cull of mink after a mutated strain of Covid-19 was found in the animals. Approximately 15 million were killed.
当时，该国拥有庞大的对华及对港出口市场。政府后来承认，扑杀缺乏法律依据。丹麦目前仅剩约 1.5 万只水貂。
At the time, the country had huge export markets to China and Hong Kong. The government later admitted it had no legal basis for the culling. There are now approximately 15,000 mink left in Denmark.
据当地媒体报道，关闭丹麦剩余的七家水貂养殖场的费用尚未确定，但执政联盟其中一党的动物福利发言人此前估算约为 1400 万丹麦克朗（约合 156 万英镑），最终金额可能更高。
No costs have yet been determined for closing Denmark's seven remaining mink farms, but an animal welfare spokesperson for one of the governing coalition parties previously estimated it would be around 14m Danish krone (£1.56m), local media report, but the final amount could be higher.
穿着皮草在时尚界属于争议话题，多家时尚刊物和品牌数年前已决定不再使用或推广皮草。
The wearing of fur is a controversial subject within fashion circles, with publications fashion brands choosing not to use or promote it several years ago.
但该话题去年重回聚光灯下，名人和时尚达人纷纷身着复古皮草及所谓的仿皮草亮相。
But it re-entered the spotlight last year, with celebrities and fashionistas wearing both vintage and so-called faux fur.