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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Environment minister, PETA claim Israel is the 1st country to ban fur trade
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEnvironmental Protection Minister Gila Gamliel and animal right group PETA declare Israel has become the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur.
“Today we made history! Furs are no longer in fashion,” Gamliel tweets.
IT'S OFFICIAL: Israel has become the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur!
This historic victory will protect countless foxes, minks, rabbits, and other animals from being violently killed for their skin. https://t.co/S9T5I5jfIP pic.twitter.com/K6HBWq4NSC
— PETA (@peta) June 9, 2021
The move, however, is largely symbolic. Israel’s ban on the fur trade provides an exemption for religious reasons, allowing for the continued import of the cake-shaped sable hats known as shtreimels that are worn by ultra-Orthodox Jews on Shabbat and holidays.
The Times of Israel Community.