In a momentous step forward for animal rights, Israel will become the first country to ban buying and selling animal furs.
Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel, who announced the plan for new regulations, criticized the fashion industry’s use of animal skin and fur as “immoral.”
“The fur industry causes the killing of hundreds of millions of animals around the world, and involves indescribable cruelty and suffering,” she told BBC News.
Violators of the new law, which will grant some exceptions for religious and other reasons, will face up to a year in prison and fines of up to $22,000.
The vast majority of Israeli citizens agree that killing animals for fashion is wrong, according to a survey from the nonprofit Animals Now, the Times of Israel reported.
Around 100 million animals are killed annually at fur farms around the world to supply the fashion industry.
Meanwhile, numerous companies have chosen to go fur-free when faced with increasing criticism from animal rights organizations and the public in recent years. Major brands like Macy’s, Prada, Burberry, Michael Kors, Gucci, Chanel, Versace, and, most recently, Nordstrom are among the companies that have banned fur or pledged to become fur-free.
Last year, California became the first U.S. state to adopt a fur-free policy, which becomes effective in 2023.
Lady Freethinker applauds Israel’s landmark decision to become the first country to ban fur, setting a precedent for other nations to follow in their footsteps and enact similar legislation against the horrifying and inhumane fur industry.
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Wow but a big step for a whole country to stop fur. Thank you Israel!! perhaps you’ll be an example on the world stage to wipe out this city of Industry
Thank you and Bless you Israel for the stance that you have taken to END this horrific cruel fur trade.
Beautiful — EXCELLENT Policy — THANK YOU for your rationality, your compassion, your morals, your wisdom — GREAT DECISION.
Finally. God bless Israel. Now, when will the rest of gathering of monsters follow suit?
To every country !!!!! Go Fur Free !!!!!
Thanks !!!
i wish israel would become the first country to ban slaughterhouses.
Yes, I agree. Totally.
They’re trying! Israel is one of only a very few countries to ban foie gras and is the leading vegan country in the world with 5.2% of the population relying on a plant-based diet. They are the second largest vegetarian country, after Greece.
They also have a brilliant environmentalist and computer expert named Yossi Leshem, who actually has gone up in a glider to study birds and map their migration routes (the Middle East is the world’s second largest migration area, after Panama) and then feeds the coordinates into a computer and alters airplane routes so as not to be in conflict! Cut the plane-bird strike rate in Israel by 88% without harming a single bird, while most other countries kill the birds.
Amen! Israel. Every country should follow your example. Thanks! On behalf of all animals!!
Stop a toutes cette souffrances faites sur les personnes animal stop c’est plus tolérable
Wenn es dann auch eingehalten und kontrolliert wird, würde es mich sehr glücklich machen das Tiere endlich ein anständiges Leben führen dürfen. Tiere haben Schmerzen und Leiden wie die Menschen.
The killing of animals and the torture they endure is unacceptable as a society. We need to evolve into a higher level of thinking of compassion for the world and it’s inhabitants.
Yes, I totally agree. We need to work towards eradicating the atrocities of so-called “humans”.