Ann Arbor Michigan Bans Fur Sales <3

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Ann Arbor, Michigan has voted unanimously to ban the sale of new fur moving forward with a one year phase out & exemption for pelts already in use as well as pelts used by tribal communities. This is monumental news as Michigan is the 6th highest fur producing state in the country, raking in nearly 20 million dollars last year. 

The pandemic heavily disrupted the fur industry as it turned out that mink were incredibly susceptible to becoming infected with coronavirus. There were outbreaks of covid-19 on mink fur farms across the globe with Canadian, European, and American farms affected by outbreaks. Sadly, 20 million mink were euthanized as a result of these outbreaks, devastating the fur industry.

A slew of big name fashion labels have banned fur in their future designs while countries / states from across the globe have begun enacting bans on fur. The pandemic helped to push these bans in my opinion because the industry is already on the outs while devastating outbreaks further disrupted the industry and demonstrated how susceptible it was to being shut down. One cannot deny that these outbreaks that lead to the euthanasia of nearly 20 million mink across the globe had catastrophic effects on the industry, likely prompting the "ban on fur" thought process. 

We know the horrors of fur. We know that millions of innocent mink, fox, and other animals are kept in confinement, typically in less than acceptable living conditions throughout their short lives. We know that these animals are bred solely for fur, exploiting them for their pelts and discarding their corpses like trash. The industry has abused hundreds of millions of animals for fashion, novelty products that no one actually NEEDS for their survival. Fur is disgusting, exploitative, and wholly unnecessary. The people of this planet are slowly awakening to the needless cruelty of fur.

Fur is an industry that is dying, and rightly so. We must end our continued exploitation of innocent animals for fashion. Fur is done, and with every ban announced, one more nail in the coffin of an industry rooted in cruelty and torture.

​Congrats Ann Arbor <3

HAPPY VEG