First Country Bans the Sale of Fur
On Wednesday, 9 June 2021, Israel became the first country in the world to definitively ban the sale of fur to the fashion industry.
On Wednesday, 9 June 2021, Israel became the first country in the world to definitively ban the sale of fur to the fashion industry.
A Historic Milestone for Animal Rights
The fur industry kills hundreds of millions of animals worldwide and brings with it indescribable cruelty and suffering. It is immoral to use the skin and fur of wild animals for the fashion industry.
Israeli Environment Minister Gila Gamliel
The decision was welcomed by the animal rights NGO Animals Now, which praised it as a “historic milestone” that “will save countless animals from the hell of the fur industry.”
86% of the Population in Favour of a Fur Ban
«“Nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come. The killing of fur animals should become illegal everywhere” said IAFC founder Jane Halevy.
The animal rights organisation PETA also praised the move as a “historic victory.” Anyone in Israel who violates the law will be punished with a fine of up to $22,000 or one year in prison.
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The position of IG Wild beim Wild: IG Wild beim Wild rejects recreational hunting. Our model is the canton of Geneva, which has managed without recreational hunting since 1974: without hunting seasons, without hunting dogs, without driven hunts, without high seats, without the animal cruelty and crime that go hand in hand with hunting season elsewhere. What has worked there for over fifty years disproves every position paper by JagdSchweiz. An association that bases its policy on claims it refutes in its own documents is not a professional organisation, but a factory for misinformation.
