California is on fire, again. It seems like this happens every year. But governor Gavin Newsom has other priorities. He’s busy signing bills that will ban the sale of fur products by the year 2023. Screw the people lose their homes to fires because of improperly maintained infrastructure. We got the ban fur products!
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California became the new first state in the nation to ban the sale of new fur products.
On Saturday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of laws “to fight animal cruelty and promote animal welfare,” according to a state news release. Other laws ban animals, including elephants and bears, being used in circus acts, and the prohibition of hunting or killing bobcats in the state.The fur law, which will go in effect in January 2023, would no longer allow the manufacture, sell, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, donate or otherwise distribute the products in the state. It applies to clothing, handbags, shoes, slippers, hats or key chains that contain fur. Each violation carries a civil penalty.
“California is a leader when it comes to animal welfare and today that leadership includes banning the sale of fur,” Newsom said. “But we are doing more than that. We are making a statement to the world that beautiful wild animals like bears and tigers have no place on trapeze wires or jumping through flames. Just YouTube the videos showing the cruel way these animals – often stripped from their mothers as babies — are trained to do dangerous tricks. It’s deeply disturbing.”
The fur industry contributes to the suffering and death of more than 100 million animals worldwide each year, according to the Humane Society of the United States.