Los Angeles just followed San Francisco to become the largest city in the United States to ban the sale and manufacturing of fur within the city. The unanimous city council vote set a historic precedent for other cities to go fur-free. The fur trade is a brutal industry where millions of animals such as foxes, minks, rabbits, dogs, cats, raccoons, and chinchillas are killed every year. Most of these animals are raised on fur farms, where they are kept in cages barely bigger than their bodies and confined to a life of misery. They live through intense stress and engage in psychotic behaviors like repetitive pacing, self-mutilation and cannibalism. They endure this life only to be killed in some of the most inhumane ways - electrocuted and stunned, some still alive as they are being skinned. They are submitted to this suffering solely for the sake of their fur.

Let’s end this unnecessary cruelty and make Chicago fur-free! Please sign the petition and share!