By Mayukh Saha / Truth Theory California revised its animal rights laws and is set to become the first state in the US which will ban the manufacture, sale, and purchase of the fur products of certain wild animals. It has also banned most animals for entertainment and circus performances and is likely to be the third star to do so. Such has been agreed on after Gavin Newsom, the governor signed a pair of bills for the same on October 13th. The sale and manufacture of clothes, handbags, belts or shoes with fur are to cease from 2023. Many animal rights groups approved of this as a great step against inhumane practices towards the wild animals leading to their endangerment. It did face repercussions from the US fur industry yet the law remains intact for a place like San Francisco and Los Angeles. Also read: Activists Use 3D Whale “Trapped” In Back Of Truck To Protest SeaWorld Abuse However, products made for tribal people or religious purposes are excluded from this law. For example, the sale of cat and dog fur, leather, skins of sheep, goat, and deerskin and the like are excluded from this law. So are […]
Latest Articles
University of Michigan Reveals “Aevum” Solar Racecar
Takeaways: Solar car racing isn't like regular car races, whereby the cars are powered only by the sun.
The World Solar Challenge requires that...
In the North Cascades, the Canada Lynx Makes a Comeback
Takeaways: In 2000, the Colville Tribes in British Columbia launched a long-planned reintroduction on their reservation to protect the Canadian lynx.
Six lynx have...
Why Small Cooperatives in Portugal Produce Solar Energy
Takeaways: Coopernico is a small energy cooperative in Portugual that build solar power plants that supply institutions and put surplus electricity back into the...
Our Waste is Valuable: How One Company is Creating a Circular Economy for Plastics
Takeaways: Carbios has developed a PET plastics bio recycling plant that recycles plastic into raw material.
The company has also developed a way to...
Behind Panasonic’s Commitment to Sustainable Change Across the Globe
Takeaways: Panasonic has converted a factory in Osaka, Japan, into a Sustainable Smart Town.
This Smart Town features solar arrays, energy solar batteries and...
Undergraduate Students Develop Glow-in-the-Dark Concrete
Takeaways: Students from the America University in Cairo have developed glow-in-the-dark concrete.
This concrete would help cut down on power used for street lighting...