Jan 23, 2023 | Banned Fur Sales, Commercial Fur Sales, Cruelty, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Fox, Fur Free Fashion, Fur Trade, Legislation, Public Opinion, Waste, Wildlife, Wildlife Ethics
Californians can now officially celebrate the end of fur sales in the Golden State. A statewide ban on the sale of new animal fur products went into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, making California the first state in the U.S. to implement such a ban. Its citizens have waited...
Aug 18, 2021 | Banned Fur Sales, COVID-19, Cruelty, Extreme Animal Cruelty
The Ann Arbor, Michigan fur sale ban passed less than a year after an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) in mink on a Michigan fur farm and the infection of a Michigan taxidermist with a COVID-19 variant found in mink. As it turns out, fur...
Aug 18, 2021 | Banned Fur Sales, Cruelty, Extreme Animal Cruelty
ANN ARBOR, MI — The future is fur-free, animal rights activists told Ann Arbor officials Monday night, Aug. 16. City Council responded by voting 10-0 to give the final OK to a new ordinance banning sales of fur products in the city. “This is yesterday’s business,”...
Jun 11, 2021 | Banned Fur Sales, Cruelty, Fur Free Fashion
Israel has become the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur for frivolous fashion, effective 6 months from now, with a few exceptions. Humane Society International/UK, which leads the #FurFreeBritain campaign for a UK fur sales ban, hopes Israel’s ban will...
Nov 26, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Bear, Cruelty, Fur Free Fashion, Public Opinion, Uncategorized, Wildlife
She has sat next to Anna Wintour at London Fashion Week and awarded Stella McCartney the Order of the British Empire. Now Queen Elizabeth II is building on her fashion-forward reputation: The 93-year-old monarch will stop buying clothing made with real fur, the...
Oct 15, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Banned Fur Trapping, Legislation
California on Wednesday became the first state to ban commercial fur trapping, ending the practice nearly 200 years after animals like beavers and otters introduced the American West to international trade. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday he had signed a...
Oct 13, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Commercial Fur Sales, Cruelty, Extreme Animal Cruelty, Fur Trade
California has made history today by becoming the first U.S. State to ban the sale of animal fur. Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 44 into law, banning all new fur sales and manufacturing in California. The law, which comes into effect in January 2023, has...
Sep 6, 2019 | Banned Fur Sales, Banned Fur Trapping, Bobcat, Fur Trade, Trapping on Public Lands
Wildlife advocates celebrate new law, look ahead to possible statewide ban on sale of fur. California just became the first state in the country to ban fur trapping, solidifying its position as a trailblazer on wildlife issues. The Wildlife Protection Act of 2019,...
Mar 21, 2018 | Banned Fur Sales, Fur Trade
San Francisco has become the largest U.S. city to ban fur sales after the city’s Board of Supervisors voted on legislation Tuesday. The ban will go into effect on January 1, 2019, and gives retailers until January 2020 to sell of their existing fur stock. The fur...
