{"id":44270,"date":"2021-12-22T16:47:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=44270"},"modified":"2021-12-22T16:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T16:47:14","slug":"italy-ban-fur-farming","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/italy-ban-fur-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy Votes To Ban Fur Farming Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44273\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44273\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/12\/italy-fur.png\" alt=\"fur farming\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-gz_credit=\"Credit: Victor VIRGILE\/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A model walks the runway during the Fendi Ready to Wear Fall\/Winter 2020-2021 fashion show as part of Milan Fashion Week.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Italy is the latest country to soon be added to the list of countries that have<a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/articles\/valentino-bans-animal-fur\/\"> banned fur<\/a> farming. The Italian Senate&#8217;s Budget Committee voted on the amendment following the Humane Society International\/Europe (HSI Europe) strategy to close fur farms, including ten remaining mink fur farms, and open, sustainable businesses within six months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;This is an historic victory for animal protection in Italy, and HSI\/Europe is immensely proud that our fur farm conversion strategy has played a central role in dismantling this cruel and dangerous industry in our country,&#8221; Martina Pluda the Director of HSI Italy said in a statement. &#8220;There are very clear economic, environmental, public health, and, of course, animal welfare reasons to close and ban fur farms.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Italy banning the breeding of mink, foxes, raccoon dogs and chinchillas has been a long time coming; as a fashion capital, the country sets a precedent of what in and out\u2014and fur is indeed, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0fuori moda<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Over the past couple of years, there&#8217;s no secret fashion has had a falling out with fur, and rightfully so. Although its the countries first stance on fur farming, many heritage Italian brands like Valentino, <a href=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/gucci-vault-emerging-designers\/\">Gucci<\/a>, Prada, and Versace have already put out public statements that they will no longer include fur in their collections. At the same time, retailers including Saks and Neiman Marcus have dropped anything fur buying for their stores.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The vote still has to have final approval from the Italian parliament, which is set to happen in the coming weeks, and pass, making Italy the 16th European country to ban fur farming. <em>Ciao!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29043,"featured_media":44273,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[17,16],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Italy Votes To Ban Fur Farming Nationwide - Grazia USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Italy is the latest country to soon be added to the list of countries that have banned fur farming. 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