The Great Britain’s authorities plan to introduce a complete ban on the trade in natural fur skins of animals. New rules, in case of adoption, will only act for business, writes The Guardian.
After leaving the EU market, the British government thought about refusing to sell the skins to tighten the standards for the protection of animals. The Department for Environment and Food and Rural Affairs, DEFRA, the Ministry of Environment, Food and Agriculture, will consider the impact of the proposed measures to the social sphere and the country’s economy, as well as international trade.
The new policy of commerce commerce will be sent only to the activities of the Fashion Industry Companies, manufacturers of accessories made of natural material.
Great Britain in 2000 became the first country in Europe, which banned the animal and import into the country of the skin and fur products from domestic cats and dogs, as well as products from fishing in seal. Sale of another fur in the UK is legal.
According to the organization serving for ethical animal handling (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), hundreds of world brands, including Coach, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Versace completely stopped using fur in their Products. The wife of the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson – Carrie Symonds spoke in the press about what the buyers of the fur goods “patients” believed. At the same time, representatives of the British Fur Alliance (British Fur Alliance) argue that goods from natural materials are less destructive for ecology compared to the “fast fashion” (frequent release of brands of new collections).
The United Kingdom is not the only country in the world that shows animal tolerance due to the refusal of fur products. In 2021, the production and sale of clothing and accessories from natural fur was banned in American Los Angeles. The adoption of the rules took about two years, for the first time local authorities voiced the initiative in 2018, calling the fur for the fur “nasty and inhumane.”