Farmers have filed a €113 million lawsuit against the State. What lessons can all agricultural sectors learn? (VIDEO)

Lithuania has been hit by the news that 48 fur farms have filed a lawsuit against the state for as much as €113 million for undercompensating farms that are going out of business by banning the industry from 2027.

„The assessment was not made, and the one that was made did not like it and was not used (by the government) as a document. Because the figure that the farmers provided was calculated using a universal formula," Ceslovas Tallat-Kelpša, the chairman of the Lithuanian Association of Game Farmers, commented on the situation to the Agrobite play channel. I will not be surprised if the court asks for an assessment of each farm. After all, it's obvious to anyone that the numbers are wrong."

For example, in Denmark, where the furbearer business has also been banned, the compensation for farms differs from that in Lithuania by a factor of about 150.

According to Č. Tallat-Kelpša, he has heard that one farm seems to have taken the opportunity to apply to the state for compensation, but other farms continue to work "hoping that this absurdity will be abolished".

More interestingly, no one has even contacted the MoEW about animal welfare violations after footage of alleged animal cruelty was widely circulated.

Why the so-called guardians of animal welfare have managed to put pressure on the authorities and how to resist the propaganda spread by public organisations funded by obscure foundations, is what we talked about with Č. Tallat-Kelpša.

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