Israel announced a ban Wednesday on the sale of fur in the fashion trade, winning applause from the International Anti-Fur Coalition as the “first entire nation” to impose such a ban.
Environmental Protection Ministry said commerce in animal fur, imports and exports, will be banned except for the needs of research, study or certain religious traditions.
Fur is used for hats called “shtreimels” worn by some charedim.
“On this historic day, Israel has set an ethical precedent and hopefully other nations shall join them and ban the sale of barbaric and cruel blood fashion fur,” the Anti-Fur coalition wrote on its Facebook page.
“Israel became the first entire nation to be FUR FREE,” it said, against a backdrop of bans in some international cities and in the U.S. state of California.
The ministerial decree is to take effect in six months.
Read more at Ynet.
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This is strictly a political scoring point.
Israel never had any fur farms.
Israel doesn’t have high fashion industry, let alone a fur based one.
Israeli weather doesn’t require the warmth provided by fur.
As for the shtreimels, those are exempt for now, due to their “religious” nature. If, however, their fur would be banned too, synthetic ones will do just fine, and would greatly reduce wedding costs, especially for those who travel overseas to raise funds.
Two minks are about to get skinned. One turns to the other, saying “oif simchos”.
The same people committing the most heinous crimes in history against children are banning the sale of fur… Like Hitler who had more compassion for dogs than for human.