Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard has introduced a bill that would effectively end fur sales in the state.
The proposed legislation, known as “A Bill For An Act Relating to Animal Fur Products,” or S.B. 1350, would “prohibit the manufacture or sale of certain animal fur products in the State [of Hawaii] and the shipment or transport of certain fur products into the State for sale or distribution.”
Simply put, the passage of the bill would make Hawaii the first state to go fur-free.
On January 24, in a statement to the non-profit organization Fur Free Society, Senator Gabbard said: “[b]anning animal fur products in our islands is the right thing to do and will show our aloha for animals. I’m hopeful we’ll get this bill to the finish line this session.”
The bill points out that there’s no practical use for animal fur. Fur clothing was once used for protective purposes against the elements, but it’s no longer a necessity and currently exists as nothing more than a fashion statement — one that is increasingly being exposed as unethical, as evidenced by the decline of fur in the fashion world as well as recently-enacted policies against fur throughout the world.
On January 1, a ban against fur farms officially went into effect in Serbia. Late last year, high-end fashion company Chanel announced that they will no longer use animal fur or skin in their products. In California last year, legislation against fur was introduced, though the bill has yet to pass.
The introduction of such policies reflects a changing view in favor of animal rights and provides hope that the fashion industry will eventually become cruelty-free altogether.
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Awesome, Hawaii. Last state in the union, first with a heart and common sense.
Nie rozumiem ale jestem za pomoca dla zwierzat
THERE MUST BE A WORLD-WIDE BAN ON KILLING FOR FUR…GREEDY STUPID HUMANS.
The fur trade should be illegal, factory farms should be illegal, animal testing should be illegal, and animal cruelty should be a felony.
Se debe luchar mucho más por los derechos de los animales y no haya más masacres , maltrato y muchas cosas más ,aunque falta años por conseguirlo porque hay personas que les cuesta mucho hacer una firma sabiendo que si no hay firmas no podemos ayudar
a los animales sean de la especie que sea ,todos tienen derecho a la vida y no que sufran y mueran por unos desalmados que no se mereces vivir ,tal vez piensen que es un discurso y puede ser pero más es concienciar a la gente que sean más humanas ,nada más
Good on you Hawaii you lead the way to a kinder world and justice for all.
DANK U SENATOR GABBARD voor dit besluit en deze actie zal door geen enkel land vergeten worden..U hebt met deze miljoenen dieren gered van een leven dat zeer smartvol en barbaars was. DANK U DANK U DANK U
This is good news!
“…Fur clothing was once used for protective purposes against the elements, but it’s no longer a necessity and currently exists as nothing more than a fashion statement…” To continue to allow such barbarity, is to support human psychopathic behavior, for profit. Governments are complicit when such barbaric businesses are allowed to exist.
“In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.”–Ruth Harrison, Animal Machines
Good and we all states and countries must do the same.
Oh Please ♥
Please please do Hawaii. Ban fur.
I cannot imagine why anyone would want to wear dead animals that were killed so cruelly.
PLEASE DEMAND NO MORE USING ANY ANIMAL FOR FUR/SKIN. PLEASE, PEOPLE, DO NOT BUY ANIMAL SKIN/FUR PRODUCTS. PLEASE. CONSIDER GOING VEGAN.
Yes, ban fur but who are the despicable people who still choose to buy and wear fur? Totally unacceptable in this day and age.
Brilliant news! Thanks so much to Hawaii.
Thank you, Hawaii! You all are so progressive and conscious!!
So incredibly happy to hear this news !!
Please do ! And hope all other states do too ! Ban fur. The fur belongs to the animals themselves.
Hawaii made it illegal to eat cats and dogs, yet the practice continues. I hope the law banning fur is better enforced.
That would be great, all other states need to do the same!!!
Please pass this bill
And please people don’t buy Canada Goose jackets. Disgusting company that traps Coyotes in leg hold traps where they suffer for days until they’re blugeonrd to death. Then they use cruelly plucked down feathers. This company has some real bad Karma and so will anyone who wears their coats. Please Google Canada Goose and read about the complaining against this despicable company
Thanku Senator Gabbard. I hope the bill passes.
yay! Way to go Hawaii,lets hope it gets banned.There is a ban fur rally in San Francisco on 2-24.It is already banned in S.F , Berkeley and L.A.but we need to get it banned in all the cities in California.
This is AMAZING! Thank you Hawaii, I pray this passes! California is next!
I will be happier to see every state ban fur. The fur is for the animals and not for us.
This is wonderful that Senator Gabbard has taken this step, hopefully he will get all the support he needs. One day should be true for all of our states that no animal should ever suffer this type of abuse.
Good. Glad to hear it.