B.C. mink farmers dropped their lawsuit against the 2021 mink farming ban, citing high legal costs, as the ban stands.

British Columbia mink farmers have dropped their four-year legal challenge against the 2021 provincial ban on mink farming, citing unsustainable legal costs. The British Columbia Mink Producers Association and Canada Mink Breeders Association had argued the ban, implemented for public health reasons due to confirmed mink-to-human COVID-19 transmissions, was unjust and driven by an anti-fur lobby, but the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled their lawsuits had no reasonable prospect of success. The farmers, who received no compensation for shutting down operations, expressed frustration, though the court acknowledged their sincere concerns without assessing the claims’ validity. The ban remains in effect.