Back to court for Metis

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The Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories will appeal a recent

ruling of a European court which upheld the ban of Canadain wild fur by

the Dutch. The Metis believe the Dutch judge erred March 28 by not

giving more weight to the fact that none of the animals trapped are

endangered. It was part of the argument the Dutch government used when

imposing the ban. The ban will cause severe ecomomic hardship for the

Metis and other Aboriginal people across Canada, said Gary Bohnet, the

Metis organization's president. He hopes a win at the appeal level may

stop other countries from imposing the ban and make the European Union

rethink the proposed ban scheduled to come into effect next year.