San Francisco is on the verge of becoming the first big city in the country to ban the sale of new fur clothing.
What’s next - no beef?
The Board of Supervisors is expected to vote Tuesday to bar the sale of everything from mink stoles to fur-lined gloves to hats — even rabbit’s foot good-luck key chains. Owning furs would still be allowed, as would sales by secondhand and charity stores.
Berkeley and West Hollywood already have similar bans — but neither one has San Francisco’s reputation as a fashion center, let alone the number of stores that sell fur.
“It is estimated that around the world some 50 million animals are slaughtered in gruesome ways so that we can wear their fur and look fashionable,” said Supervisor Katy Tang, the ban’s author. “My hope is that it will send a strong message to the rest of the world.”
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