A fur ban means there will be no selling of new animal furs in the state of Florida. A fur ban enhances the reputation of our state and highlights animal welfare as an important issue. 

The unnecessary cruelty that takes place on these fur farms to produce a luxury item that has no significant purpose, while creating waste and a threat to public health is the epitome of irresponsibility.

A fur ban in the state of Florida would not apply to vintage furs, hunters, trappers or religious uses of fur.

Roughly 100 million animals are killed on fur farms each year.

Conditions on these farms have been described as a living hell for the animals that are bred into existence only to be killed for their fur.

These animals are cramped into small wire cages that are suspended off of the ground in large barns like the ones pictured above. They receive an improper diet, no medical care and only enough space to stand up and turn around.

Often times this lack of stimulation and inability to engage in natural behaviors leads to self-mutilation, psychosis and mutilation of the animals in neighboring cages. Often times mothers that deliver litters on fur farms end up eating their young as a stress response to their living conditions.

Once it is time for these animals to be killed, farmers use gruesome methods such as gassing and head to tail electrocution. Fox often times are electrocuted through the mouth and anus, a practice which inflicts obvious pain and distress to the animal.

Although fur farms claim to be "eco-friendly", they are anything but. The chemicals used to preserve the fur can pose serious health risks to workers and the run-off from animal waste has a serious impact on the environment surrounding these farms, which are often hidden from view.

Fur farms have also been a proven breeding ground for zoonotic diseases such as SARS and COVID-19. Mink can not only contract COVID-19 but can also spread a mutated strain of the virus to humans, according to the World Health Organization. In 2020 there was an outbreak on a Utah Mink farm according to this USDA Report

Aside from the cruelty to animals that exists on these farms, which have no regulation, the potential for a continued public health crisis at the hands of these farms is not only plausible, it is probable.