The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water has voted 6-2 in favor of The Wildlife Protection Act of 2019 (AB 273), a bill to ban the cruel practice of trapping animals for fur in California.
“Fur trapping is a cruel, antiquated practice that is ecologically destructive,” said Judie Mancuso, founder and CEO of Social Compassion in Legislation, co-sponsor of the bill. “Small and mid-sized animals play a key role in maintaining biodiversity. We cannot continue the brutal killing of our wildlife, particularly given that continuing this practice will deplete local animal populations which are already under tremendous pressure from habitat loss due to development, poison, drought, and wildfires.”
Hundreds of California’s animals suffer and die in painful, inhumane traps every year, including gray foxes, coyotes, badgers, beavers, and mink.
In 2017 alone, 1,568 of these beautiful wild animals were slaughtered for their skins. Social Compassion in Legislation say the revenue provided in selling licenses to these commercial trappers is insufficient to cover the costs of a well-managed fur trapping program, which means the government is, in fact, subsidizing the shortfall for this inhumane industry.
“California should not be subsidizing destruction of our wildlife for the private profit of a few, especially when the majority of the public prefers seeing wildlife alive, not as commodities to be killed and skinned for foreign fur markets,” said Jenny Keatinge, California Wildlife Policy Specialist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “This bill is a crucial step towards ending commercial exploitation of native species in favor of sound, science-based wildlife management that reflects the values of 21st Century Californians.”
The bill will now proceed to Senate Appropriations before moving through to the full senate for voting.
Social Compassion in Legislation is also working to pass SB 313, a ban on wild animals in the circus. They urge all CA residents to contact their assembly members asking them to support this crucial legislation. You can find your assembly member here:
http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Please, please I beg ALL Governments if the world to stop playing with animal abusers. We need Bible time lions dens back to get rid of these evil barbarians. We have enough crocodikles lions and sharks to feed these abusers to Publically so the world can see. That WILL put an end to the evil of animal and children abuse once and for all. Stop wasting taxpayers money on these barbarians.
Karma karma karma
All this must STOP NOW!!!
Thank you ! Please ban trapping animals everywhere !
Yes, cruelty needs to STOP!
About time!
OUTSTANDING NEWS! I’ll be watching and calling my senators. YAY! Get this passed. It’s high time we banned fur in all the states!
THE 2 PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE OBVIOUSLY ARE HEARTLESS, CRUEL MALICIOUS INDIVIDUALS SUPPOSED TO BE.
“Every act of Cruelty towards any creature is CONTRARY to Human dignity” – Pope Francis-
“Compassion for Animals is intimately associated with Goodness of Character & it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to Animals cannot be a good man”- Arthur Schopenhauer-
ANY HUMAN that does not feel guilty about the atrocities we commit against other Species is NOT WORTH HAVING AROUND”- John Fox-
Thank You to all of the kinder spirited & compassionate people who see this Blood thirsty cruel act done by the Greedy industries to snatch the poor animals SKIN & FLESH is a Barbaric practice.Thank you for the BAN of this vile heinous crimes done against the most vulnerable animals in the land. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. YOU ALL WHO SUPPORTED THIS BAN SHOULD BE BLESSED THROUGH OUT IN YOUR LIFE.
Good!!! About time!!
It’s good that the majority favored banning fur trapping.
I have to wonder who are the 2 that are still in favor of this horrible cruelty? I can not understand how anyone can be that cold hearted.
But yet we hear of unbelievable acts of satanic behavior every day.
Sad state of affairs in this country.
Thank-you California for doing the right thing! Let the dominoes fall. Fur WILL be history!
Good news. Why do people seem to take such delight in being cruel to animals? Like bully fighting in Spain.
Now this is great news. Way to go California I’m so proud of you.
Arrest these human savages with felony charges.
Arrest these human savages with felony charges.
I thought that fur trapping in the wild, went out with the 1800s I had no idea it was still practiced today this is so barbaric and outdated not to mention how horrible it is for the pray they want to catch, bit all the innocent animals, pets, dogs and cats that are caught in these steel leg-hold traps. Next a human toddler. The pain is equivalent to having a car door shut on your hand. I just can’t seem to understand how humans can be so cruel and sick
Good!!! Inhumane solution
EXCELLENT NEWS! — thank you CALIFORNIA — may ALL in the WORLD follow suit — we MUST PROTECT our Animals — we are all sentient, knowing, living beings — this MUST be recognized.
THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING WILDLIFE!!
Wonderful!!!
I am so glad to hear about this ban!
No human or animal should be a slave. We all have a right to freedom unless we have done something wrong.
That is amazing! I’ve waited a long time for this to happen. My home state is coming thru!!!!
Anyone who thinks a combined total of 1568 harvested animals, is going to deplete any animal population in the state of California, needs to wake up to reality. That false assumption does not even make good nonsense.
Government dollars should not subsidize the costs of commercial fur trapping, especially since it is inhumane. The majority of the public prefers to see fur on a live animal.
Way to go folks! I’m proud of each and everyone of you for passing this ban.
Take care
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