Celebrities like Olivia Munn are among those     1    have opposed wearing animal fur. Now, San Francisco has become the     2    (large) city in the USA to ban people from selling new fur to their consumers.

The ban is aimed to send     3     strong message to the fur industry that the cruelty these animals endure for the purpose of becoming clothing is not consistent     4    the values of our city.

As we know, West Hollywood became the first city in the United States     5    (forbid) the sale of new fur items in 2011, and Berkeley passed a ban on the sale of fur clothing last year.     6    (actual), in 2000, the UK took action first,     7    (follow ) by Australia in 2004. More recently, the Netherlands, the European Union’s largest producer of fur, banned fur farming in 2012 and plans to end mink farming by 2024. Earlier this month, Norway banned fur farming and     8    (end) fox and mink farming in the following several years.

It     9    (report )that San Francisco’s ban will go into     10    (affect) in 2019. Hopefully, efforts like this will continue to encourage businessmen and customers to stop purchasing real animal fur and, thus, further protect the lives of animals everywhere.