Los Angeles takes step toward banning sale of fur products
Source: Associated Press
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEP 18, 2018 | 7:20 PM
Los Angeles, one of the world's major fashion centers and long a symbol of glitz and glamour, is taking steps to ban the sale of new fur products, a move that would make it the largest city in the U.S. to do so.
A proposal to ban the sale of fur products advanced in the City Council on Tuesday. The council voted unanimously to direct the city attorney to draft an ordinance that will prohibit the manufacture and sale of new fur products. The ordinance must be presented to the council at a future date for final approval.
“This is something that is not just a good legislative win, it's a moral win,” Councilman Bob Blumenfield said. “We feel like we're evolving as a city, as people, to stop this kind of unnecessary cruelty.”
The vote also directed the city attorney to report back to the council on several issues, including how fur apparel is utilized by religious organizations, and possible exemptions, as well as potential conflicts with federal and state laws relating to sale of fur products derived from legally trapped animals.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fur-ban-20180918-story.html
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I hope this comes to be. 
