The law will bar residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or handbags with fur, starting in 2023. It could mark a significant blow to the fur industry that makes products from animals including mink, chinchillas, rabbits and other animals. Under the California law, there is a fine of up to $1,000 for multiple violations. Fashion designers including Versace, Gucci and Giorgio Armani have stopped or say they plan to stop using fur. The ban is part of a “radical vegan agenda using fur as the first step to other bans on what we wear and eat”, Keith Kaplan of the Fur Information Council said in a prior statement.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2019 03:33 UTC