California becomes the first state in the country to outlaw the fur trade

[babylonsister]

Last edited Thu Sep 12, 2019, 01:56 PM - Edit history (1)

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.

“Not only does the cruel fur trapping trade decimate our increasingly vulnerable wildlife populations, running this program doesn’t even make fiscal policy sense,” California Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, the San Diego Democrat who wrote the legislation, said in a statement. “Taxpayers are subsidizing this unnecessary commercial activity because the cost of managing this program isn’t even covered by the revenue from trapping license fees.”

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.

“Today marks a milestone in the process of bringing California’s wildlife laws into the 21st century,” Brendan Cummings, conservation director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “The overwhelming majority of Californians value our wildlife alive, not to be trapped and cruelly slaughtered for foreign fur markets. We thank Governor Newsom for relegating this cruel and antiquated practice to the dustbin of history in California.”

[hlthe2b]

1. ++++++++++++

[UniteFightBack]

2. Bravo, Brava. California; the leader. nt

[Doremus]

3. California, leading the way as they often do. THANK YOU!!!

[byronius]

4. I love my state.

[cstanleytech]

5. So what happens if a consignment store wants to sale one or if someone wants to sale or buy one

online?

[Coventina]

7. There are mechanisms to deal with that. Fur will just be treated as other banned products

like ivory, raptorial feathers, etc.

[cstanleytech]

12. I thought only the federal government could outright ban something like that and that state law

cannot supersede federal?

[SunSeeker]

6. Excellent. And you can thank the tireless activists.

They showed up at countless tedious CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife public meetings, lobbied legislators and marshaled public pressure. And decency finally won.

[Coventina]

8. Fantastic news!! Greatly needed as fur has crept back into social acceptance.

[Disaffected]

9. Most

excellent!

[Mersky]

10. Well, ding dang darn, good!

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]

11. What wonderful news!

[BreweryYardRat]

13. Quick question.

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?

[babylonsister]

14. Sorry about the link. Here it is...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/new-california-law-protects-animals-being-killed-their-fur/2214791001/