California bans sale of fur clothing

JKenH

Martyn1981 wrote: »

It's up to those involved, not us to decide/dictate.

Just asking, not judging. I agree everybody is entitled to their own view.

pile-o-stone

Looks like California isn't the only place with fur and fur farming bans.

https://www.peta.org/features/fur-bans-fur-free-future/

pile-o-stone

Nice to see we were leaders in this:

"United Kingdom

The United Kingdom was the first country to ban fur farming, which it did in 2000 in response to overwhelming public support for ending the cruel practice of breeding and killing animals for their fur. The ban initially extended only to England and Wales, but Scotland and Northern Ireland joined in 2002."

We now need to ban the use of it. It's not really good enough to ban a thing in your country and then import it in from overseas. You're just 'outsourcing' the misery and cruelty.

EDIT: Looks like this was proposed. I guess Brexit sucking the energy out of parliament has slowed the progress?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-44913186

"A ban on sales of real fur should be considered, a committee of MPs has recommended.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Efra) Committee investigation into the issue came after some real fur was found wrongly labelled as fake.

They described the current labelling of fur products as "not fit for purpose".

Fur farming was banned in the UK in 2000, but it is legal to sell some types of real fur that have been imported, if it is accurately labelled.

But the Efra committee said retailers and Trading Standards had been complacent about items being incorrectly labelled.

Their inquiry came after it emerged High Street and online retailers including TK Maxx, BooHoo, Amazon and Tesco had recently sold real fur as fake.

Other retailers found to have passed items off as faux fur included Not on the High Street, Groupon, Etsy, FatFace, Boots, Kurt Geiger and Romwe."

JKenH

If people are concerned about fur farming they should also be concerned about this even though the animals aren’t cute and furry. I am not suggesting banning horse racing, I would just like to see a happy retirement for the horses which I am sure would be possible for those that weren’t injured. Now, how do I square that with eating cows? I can’t.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/18/mass-slaughter-australian-racehorses-rocks-industry/

A hidden camera investigation has exposed horrific abuse of racehorses at an Australian abattoir, sparking calls for government intervention and a possible ban on horse racing.

...about 300 racehorses went through the Queensland abattoir in just 22 days. The horses had won combined prize money of almost $5 million before their owners decided they’d outlived their usefulness.

Martyn1981

Animal cruelty exists in 100's of ways. All of it should be outlawed.

We can all do a bit, and supporting local animal charities is a start, and fun / fulfilling too.

Obviously an easy start to action would be to outlaw the deliberate inhumane treatment of animals in the fur trade, by ending it.