<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div id="areaText" aria-live="off" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; clear: both; border: 1px solid gray; z-index: 28; position: absolute; left: 575px; top: 0px; width: 869px; height: 964px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class=""><div id="slideArt" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Georgia; font-size: 1em; position: relative; width: 869px; height: 944px; transition: cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.25, 1); -webkit-transition: cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.25, 1); transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px) scale(1);" class=""><div id="titles" pageid="7" type="Editorial" xmlid="2" inc="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 869px; top: 0px; left: 0px;" class=""><div id="articletext" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 854px;" class=""><div class="article_body0" style="margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="first column" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 427px; float: left;"><div class="div_padding0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px;"><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_7" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">State’s action could be significant blow to industries starting 2023</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;" class="">ASSOCIATED PRESS</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">SACRAMENTO — California will be the first state to ban the sale and manufacture of new fur products and the third to bar most animals from circus performances under a pair of bills signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">The fur law bars residents from selling or making clothing, shoes or purses with fur starting in 2023.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Animal rights groups cheered</span><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;"> the measure as a stand against inhumane practices. The proposal was vigorously opposed by the billion-dollar U.S. fur industry, and the Fur Information Council of America has already threatened to sue.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">It follows Newsom’s signing of legislation that makes California the first state to outlaw fur trapping and follows bans on sales of fur in Los Angeles and San Francisco.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">“California is a leader when it comes to animal welfare, and today that leadership includes</span><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;"> banning the sale of fur,” Newsom said in a statement. “But we are doing more than that. We are making a statement to the world that beautiful wild animals like bears and tigers have no place on trapeze wires or jumping through flames.”</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">The fur ban doesn’t apply to used products or those used for religious or tribal purposes. And it excludes the sale of leather, dog and cat fur, cowhides, deer, sheep and goat skin and anything preserved through taxidermy.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">It could mark a significant blow to the fur industry that makes products from animals including mink, chinchillas, rabbits and other animals. The U.S. retail fur industry brought in $1.5 billion</span></p></div></div><div class=" last column" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 427px; float: left;"><div class="split div_padding0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 3px;"><p class="abody split" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3 split" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">in sales in 2014, according to the Fur Information Council.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Fashion designers including Versace, Gucci and Giorgio Armani have stopped or say they plan to stop using fur.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Under the California law, there is a fine of up to $1,000 for multiple violations.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Animal rights groups have said animals may be subject to gassing,</span><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;"> electrocution and other inhumane actions to obtain their fur.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Advocacy group Direct Action Everywhere said it’s working with activists to pass similar bills in cities nationwide, and it’s optimistic California’s law will spur action.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">“Ordinary people want to see animals protected, not abused,” said Cassie King, an organizer with the Berkeley-based group.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">Opponents of the legislation say it could create a black market and be a slippery slope to bans on other products.</span></p><p class="abody" style="margin: 10px 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px; font-size: 1em; line-height: normal;"><span class="Fid_3" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: normal;">A fur council spoiesman called the ban part of a “radical vegan agenda.”</span></p><div id="imgArt0" class="dontsplit imgArt" style="margin: 15px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; position: relative; text-align: center; max-width: 90%;"><img src="http://us5lb-cdn.newsmemory.com/eebrowser/ipad/html5.check.2530/ajax-request.php?val=Image_0.jpg&action=loadImage&type=Image&pSetup=santarosapressdemocrat_bb&issue=20191013&crc=pd07a101319_120000.pdf.0&edition=Santa%20Rosa%20Press%20Democrat&mtime=084556&paperImage=santarosapressdemocrat" style="margin: 0px; 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