Victory! West Hollywood Goes Fur Free!
September 20th, 2011 | 
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Activists at last year's Fur Free Friday!
Last night the City Council of West Hollywood passed a historic ordinance unanimously prohibiting the sale of fur apparel products within the city! This great success culminated after months of canvassing and rallies spearheaded by the Fur-Free West Hollywood Campaign made up of activists from In Defense of Animals, Last Chance for Animals, Animal Alliance, PETA, OCPA, ARME, APRL and many hard-working individuals, most notably Ellen Lavinthal, Ed Bucks, Shannon Keith and Bryan Monell. Several stores in West Hollywood had voluntarily removed fur items from their stores prior to the City Council’s actions.
In 1989, West Hollywood passed resolution number 558 proclaiming West Hollywood a “cruelty free zone for animals”. Since that time West Hollywood has passed legislation banning the declawing of cats, prohibiting pet stores from selling puppy mill animals and resolutions banning cosmetic testing on animals and steel-jaw leg hold traps. In February of 2001 they adopted IDA’s guardian language which substitutes the word “guardian” for “owner“ in all discourse.
West Hollywood is the first city in the United States banning the cruel commerce of fur. It is a remarkable historic victory.
Want to help animals killed for their fur in your city? Click here for some ideas on what you can do!
This year’s Fur Free Friday is right around the corner. Click here to see what activists from around the world did last year and start planning your own events soon… more details on that coming soon!
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Tags: California, Days of Action, Demonstrations, Fur Free Friday, Government, Guardian, Hollywood, Legal, Los Angeles, West Hollywood
59 Responses to “Victory! West Hollywood Goes Fur Free!”
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YES! We are making progress! Congratulations!
Congratulations! This news just made my day
Just cannot express my happiness enough about this watershed action and congratulations to all the hard working people of California!from Scotland
I thinks it flys highly in defiance of the “herding mentality” culture and is a wonderful example that we can refuse the status quo. Hopefully, it will spread like wildfire. The precedent is set. Btw Occupy Wall Street has some pro animals points in its official statement. So the revolution might include animals after all.
BRILLIANT NEWS ! ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL, NOW LET OTHERS FOLLOW .IF ONLY ALL THE HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE WOULD ADVERTIZE THIS AND NOT WEAR FUR THEMSELVES WOULD BE GOOD TOO !FAUX FUR IS THE BEST AS LONG AS ITS NOT FROM CHINA BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE SOME REAL FUR IN NO DOUBT !
Great News. We do not need fur coats or other fur items. these animals are stripped of their fur while they are alive and suffer severe pain and a horrible death and some have to be beat to death to get the fur. this is a beginning we need to stay involved to put an end to animal cruelty.
This gives me hope. Way to go West Hollywood.