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Israel Makes History, Becomes First Country to Ban Fur
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Israel Makes History, Becomes First Country to Ban Fur

Israel became the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur. However, there are some loopholes for importing fur for specific reasons.

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On June 9, Israel became the first country in the world to ban the sale of animal fur.

Animal rights group PETA praised this historic ban as a victory after Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel signed the move into law, after 86 percent of the country supported the proposal.

As PETA's announcement said, "For decades, PETA and our international affiliates have exposed horrific cruelty on fur farms, demonstrating that animals spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages."

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The animal rights group collected numerous video investigations over the years of how fur farmers sometimes keep these animals in unsanitary conditions, and the sometimes indecent methods used for killing them.

Moreover, PETA points out that by keeping the animals in such closed quarters and in such close proximity to each other, as well as to humans, diseases can easily spread. This was seen last year at mink farms in Denmark and other countries when a COVID-19 mutation spread among the animals, and allegedly over to humans, leading to the culling of some 17 million minks.