Fur farms have been banned in England and Wales since 2000.  Despite this, we still import and sell fur farmed in deplorable conditions from all over the globe.  Recent discussions in Parliament have indicated that a UK wide ban on fur imports is difficult whilst we are a member of the EU due to trade harmonisation measures.  However, retailers, designers and organisations can agree to not use, stock or sell fur products.  Markets in the UK often have fur products for sale, particularly in the run up to Christmas.  Stroud District Council say that they have not "encountered" fur being sold, however, there have been anecdotal reports of fur being sold at Stroud Market.  Nonetheless, we would like Stroud District Council to commit to preventing the sale of fur products.

 We the undersigned petition Stroud District Council to ratify an official Animal Welfare Charter and (by means including revisions to the licencing policy for example) introduce and enforce the official Fur Free Markets policy as follows:

This Council notes that:

The United Kingdom has outlawed the farming of animals for their fur on ethical grounds since 2003 and that the use of one of the most common traps used to catch animals for their fur has been illegal for many years.
Nonetheless fur products are imported from overseas nations, particularly China, where such bans do not operate and where there is virtually no animal welfare legislation in force.
Real fur comes from animals raised in deplorable conditions or trapped in the wild and killed inhumanely.
Regrettably these products are often found for sale on public markets in the UK and customers can inadvertently buy them thinking them to be made of imitation fur.
Accordingly Council resolves to:

Prohibit the sale of any product wholly or partially made with real animal fur on Council owned land and at Council run or Council leased markets. This ban to cover such items as fur coats, vintage fur, fur shawls, garments with fur trim, fur pompom hats, and fur accessories and trinkets.
Support the Fur Free Markets campaign of the animal welfare charity, Respect for Animals, the UK’s leading anti-fur organisation, by:
 1.Becoming a signatory to the initiative. 2.Seeking the advice and assistance of the charity in the enforcement of this ban.

info:

http://www.respectforanimals.org/fur-free-markets/​

http://www.hsi.org/issues/fur/fur-uk.html​

https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/970009/Fur-free-Britain-MPs-vote-PETA-animal-rights-Government