Fur Bans

Fur Bans

Country Fur Bans

  • Austria
    • Ban on fur farming in 2004
  • Belgium
    • Banned fur farming in 2018; fur farms to be shut down by 2023
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Fur farming illegal as of 2018
  • Croatia
    • Passed fur farming ban 2006; 10-year phase-out ended 2016
  • Czechia
    • Fur farming illegal 2019
  • Denmark
    • Law against fox farming 2017; phase-out period until 2023
  • Germany
    • Ban in 2017, fur farms closed by 2022
  • Hungary
    • Ban on fur farming except chinchillas and rabbits 2011
  • Japan
    • Fur farming ended in 2016
  • Luxembourg
    • Fur farming ban began 2018
  • Netherlands
    • Fox farming phased out 1996
  • Norway
    • Ban approved 2018; phase-out fur farms by 2025
  • Macedonia
    • Fur farming illegal as of 2017
  • Serbia
    • Banned fur farming in 2009; 10-year phase-out ended 2019
  • Slovakia
    • Banned fur farming ban begins 2021; phase-out until 2025
  • Slovenia
    • Ban on fur farming began 2016
  • United Kingdom
    • Fur farming ban started in 2000-2002

Bans within the United States

  • California
    • Banned fur trapping in 2019
    • Banned the sale and manufacture of new fur clothing and accessories beginning 2023
  • New York
    • Law against the electrocution of fur animals
  • Los Angeles, CA
    • Banned sale and manufacturing of fur by 2020
  • San Francisco, CA
    • Banned fur sales in 2018
  • Berkeley, CA
    • Ordinance prohibiting the sale of fur in 2017
  • West Hollywood, CA
    • Ban on sale of new fur jackets, vests, stoles, and boots in stores withing the city limits in 2011
  • São Paulo, Brazil
    • Banned the importation and sale of fur in 2015

Other Legislation

  • Sweden
    • Prohibited caging foxes and require them the opportunity to be active and socialize with other foxes in 1995
    • Fur farming was effectively shut down as a result of making fur farming unprofitable
  • Switzerland
    • Animals must be kept in conditions equivalent to zoos
    • Fur farming became not profitable and no longer exists
  • Italy
    • Law in 2008 stating that foxes must have pens located on the ground rather than cages, nest spaces, objects to play with, and water to swim in
  • Ireland
    • Committed to a ban fur farming in 2020
    • Legislation not prepared yet
  • India
    • Import ban on fox fur skins in 2017
  • Bulgaria
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered
  • Estonia
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered
  • Lithuania
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered
  • Montenegro
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered
  • Poland
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered
  • Ukraine
    • Legislation on fur farming being considered