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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/new-california-law-protects-animals-being-killed-their-fur/2214791001/
California becomes the first state in the country to outlaw the fur trade
Gabrielle Canon
USA TODAY
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Under the new law, fur dealer and fur agent licenses will no longer be issued.
Backed by animal advocacy organizations, Center for Biological Diversity and Social Compassion in Legislation, proponents of the new bill emphasized that it brings the state in line with its environmental ideals, prioritizing wildlife watching which contributed close to $3.8 billion to the state economy in 2017 over animal cruelty.
hlthe2b
(101,714 posts)UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)Doremus
(7,261 posts)byronius
(7,369 posts)cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)online?
Coventina
(26,850 posts)like ivory, raptorial feathers, etc.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)cannot supersede federal?
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)They showed up at countless tedious CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife public meetings, lobbied legislators and marshaled public pressure. And decency finally won.
Coventina
(26,850 posts)Disaffected
(4,507 posts)excellent!
Mersky
(4,969 posts)Validates my distancing myself from a friend many, many years ago. We have so much technical clothing technology now. FFS, I get by just fine, fashionably so, without fur, and for that matter, leather.
I'm going for that Star Trek lifestyle, and I don't give a flying fuck what tRump has in mind.
JudyM
(29,122 posts)BreweryYardRat
(6,556 posts)Fantastic news! The fur trade is something that I hate with a burning passion.
However, since there's no link to the article -- did this ban fur farming or just trapping? The quoted text suggests both were banned, but it's not clear.
Next, if it banned fur farming, was any provision taken to stop the fur farmers from just snuffing their existing stock?