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Sources: Fur Free Alliance fur bans · PETA fur-ban list (Oct 2025) · National statutes, 2000-2025 · How we rate it
Is it banned where you live? Check your countryBanned in 18 countries
Banned raising animals for fur in 2022; it had no fur farms.
Source: LN 187/2022
Why we rate it this way
Legal Notice 187 of 2022 (Government Gazette 21 Jun 2022) amended the farm animal protection regulations to prohibit raising animals for fur; precautionary, Malta had no fur farms (Ministry for Agriculture; Eurogroup for Animals 2022). FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2022/2022.
Fur farming banned by its 2018 animal protection law.
Source: Animal protection law 2018
Why we rate it this way
Loi du 27 juin 2018 on animal welfare and dignity, art 12 (prohibited practices) bans keeping animals for fur; in effect since Oct 2018 (PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025); FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2018/2018).
Banned in 2014, with a phase-out that ended in 2017.
Source: Animal welfare law 2014
Why we rate it this way
Fur farming banned in 2014 with a three-year phase-out, illegal from 2017 (PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)); FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2014/2014.
Fur farming banned in 2013; the phase-out ended in 2015.
Source: ZZZiv amendment 2013
Why we rate it this way
Animal Protection Act amendment of 2013 banned fur farming with a three-year phase-out (PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)); FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): enacted 2013, effective 2015.
Ban adopted in 2007, fully in force since 2017.
Source: Animal Protection Act 2017
Why we rate it this way
Ban adopted in the 2007 Animal Protection Act, in force 1 Jan 2017 after a 10-year phase-out, confirmed in Zakon o zastiti zivotinja NN 102/2017 (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2007/2017; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)).
A 2009 law banned fur farming; the phase-out ended in 2019.
Source: Animal Welfare Law 2009
Why we rate it this way
Zakon o dobrobiti zivotinja (Sl. glasnik RS 41/2009) banned fur farming; the phase-out ended Jan 2019 (PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025); FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2009/2019).
Banned in 2019; the last mink farm closed in 2025.
Source: 2019 law, phase-out 2025
Why we rate it this way
Parliament approved the fur farming ban in Oct 2019 (107 votes; Humanny pokrok); no new farms after 2021, existing farms phased out by 2025 (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2019/2025; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): phase-out ended 2025, last mink farm closed early 2025).
Fur farming banned since February 2019.
Source: Act 246/1992 Sb., am. 2017
Why we rate it this way
Act 246/1992 Sb. on animal protection as amended in 2017: breeding and killing animals solely or mainly for fur is prohibited, in force 1 Feb 2019 (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2017/2019; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)).
Banned in 2021; the ban took full effect on 1 January 2026.
Source: Animal Protection Act s4
Why we rate it this way
Loomakaitseseadus s4 (2021 amendment, Riigikogu 56-19, ERR): keeping, breeding and propagating animals solely or mainly for fur is prohibited; in force 1 Jan 2026, with mink and raccoon dog permits valid only to 31 Dec 2025 (Chancellor of Justice opinion). FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2021/2026.
All three regions ban fur farming; the last farms closed in 2022.
Source: Regional laws 2015-2018
Why we rate it this way
Animal welfare is a regional power: Wallonia Animal Welfare Code art D.21 (2015), Brussels art 9bis (2017) and a Flanders decree (2018, phase-out to 2023) all ban keeping animals mainly for fur, so all of Belgium is covered (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2018/2023; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): last mink farms closed 2022).
One of the first: banned nationwide since 2005.
Source: TSchG s25(5)
Why we rate it this way
Tierschutzgesetz 2004 s25(5): keeping animals to obtain fur is prohibited; federal law in force 2005 (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2004/2005; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)).
A 2022 law banned fur farming; farms had to close by June 2022.
Source: AHW&F (Misc) Act 2022
Why we rate it this way
Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 bans fur farming; keeping allowed only until 30 Jun 2022 to wind down (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2019/2022; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)).
Banned in 2000; the last fur farms closed by 2003.
Source: Fur Farming Prohib. 2000-02
Why we rate it this way
Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 (England and Wales, in force 1 Jan 2003); Fur Farming (Prohibition) (Scotland) Act 2002; Fur Farming (Prohibition) (NI) Order 2002 (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2000/2003; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)). FFA: UK and Austria were the first countries to end fur farming.
Banned for every species from 2022; farms had until June 2022.
Source: Law 234/2021 c.980
Why we rate it this way
Legge 30 Dec 2021 n.234 art 1 c.980 (Gazzetta Ufficiale 31 Dec 2021): breeding, captive reproduction, capture and killing of mink, fox, raccoon dog, chinchilla and animals of any species for fur banned; existing farms could keep animals only to 30 Jun 2022 (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2021/2022).
Since 2021: no breeding mink or other wild species for fur.
Source: Loi 2021-1539
Why we rate it this way
Loi 2021-1539 of 30 Nov 2021 on animal mistreatment bans breeding American mink and other non-domestic species kept exclusively for fur, and creating or expanding such farms, with immediate effect (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2021/2021; FFA legislation overview). Domestic rabbits are outside the ban.
2013 ban; COVID outbreaks pulled the end of mink farms to 2021.
Source: Wet verbod pelsdierhouderij
Why we rate it this way
Prohibition of Fur Production Act of 4 Jan 2013 (Wet verbod pelsdierhouderij) set end-2023 for mink; after COVID outbreaks the end was brought forward and mink farming stopped in 2021 (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2013/2021). Fox and chinchilla farming ended in the mid-1990s.
Once the top fox fur producer, it banned fur farming in 2019.
Source: Fur animal ban act 2019
Why we rate it this way
Parliament passed the fur farming ban in 2019 (FFA legislation overview; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2019/2025); existing farms had to close by 2025 and the last two closed in Jan 2023 (PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)). Four Paws: Norway was once the world's largest fox fur producer.
Europe's top fur producer: no new farms; all must close by 2033.
Source: Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1696
Why we rate it this way
Act of 7 Nov 2025 amending the Animal Protection Act (Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1696, published 4 Dec 2025, in force 19 Dec 2025; infor.pl text): new art 12(4c) bans commercial keeping or breeding of fur animals (rabbits excepted); farms already running may continue to 31 Dec 2033. Signed by President Nawrocki 2 Dec 2025 (Notes from Poland; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2025/2033; Eurogroup: Europe's largest producer).
Everywhere not listed here, fur Farming is allowed.
Restricted in 15 countries
Ban passed in 2023 but only starts on 1 January 2027.
Source: Animal Welfare Law, 2023
Why we rate it this way
Seimas amended the Law on Welfare and Protection of Animals on 21 Sep 2023 (signed by President Nauseda, LRT Sep 2023): keeping and breeding animals for fur banned from 1 Jan 2027 after a compensated 2024-26 phase-out. Not in force yet. A bill to delay it to 2033 was reported and the Constitutional Court took an MPs' petition (ruling due Mar 2025, tv3.lt 19 Mar 2025); neither outcome found, and no delay reported by 7 Nov 2026. FFA fur-bans table (read 7 Nov 2026): 2023/2027.
Ban passed in 2022 but only starts on 1 January 2028.
Source: Animal Protection Law, 2022
Why we rate it this way
Saeima passed Animal Protection Law amendments on 22 Sep 2022: farming animals mainly or solely for fur banned from 1 Jan 2028, no compensation (Baltic Times, LSM 2022). No earlier ban on new farms verified. FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2022/2028.
Mink and chinchilla ban due 1 January 2027; a repeal bill is pending.
Source: Law 205/2004 art 22, 2024
Why we rate it this way
Chamber of Deputies final vote 22 Oct 2024 (217-6-7) amending Law 205/2004 art 22: commercial breeding, capture and killing of chinchilla and mink banned from 1 Jan 2027 (Euronews Romania, Profit.ro 2024; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2024/2027). AUR repeal bill (Sen. Stefanescu): positive Agriculture Committee report, Legal Committee and Chamber plenary still to come, no final vote found by 7 Nov 2026 (Spotmedia 27 Sep 2026; Humane World 15 Sep 2026). Not in force yet; two species only. If repealed, Romania goes green.
Its law bans fur farming, but that clause only applies from 2028.
Source: Animal Welfare Law art 43
Why we rate it this way
Zakon o zastiti i dobrobiti zivotinja (Sl. glasnik BiH 25/2009) art 4 bans breeding animals for fur, but art 43(5), as amended in 2017-18, delays that clause to 2028 (FFA national legislation overview; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): phase-out extended to 2028; FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026): 2009/2028).
Since 2020: no breeding mink, foxes, polecats or coypu for fur.
Source: Decree 32/1999 am. 2020
Why we rate it this way
Decree amending Decree 32/1999 (Nov 2020): immediate ban on breeding mink, fox, polecat and coypu for fur; other species such as chinchilla not covered (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026) partial bans; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)).
Mink breeding banned since 2022; the top court upheld it in 2025.
Source: Order RD-449/2022
Why we rate it this way
Environment Minister Order RD-449 of 31 May 2022 (Biodiversity Act) bans import and breeding of American mink; Supreme Administrative Court upheld it on 11 Aug 2025 (World Animal News Aug 2025; Respect for Animals). Does not cover foxes, chinchillas or raccoon dogs (Eurogroup 2022); a full-ban bill was pending in 2025. FFA lists it as 2022/2025.
Fox farming is banned; mink farms are due to end by 2029.
Source: Fox ban act LBK 469/2014
Why we rate it this way
Fox farming banned (2009 act, phase-out to 2017/2023; LBK 469 of 15 May 2014) and new raccoon dog holdings banned (BEK 720 of 24 Jun 2011), per the FFA legislation overview and FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026). Mink farming is not banned by Danish law: on 23 Oct 2026 the government said it will not seek an exemption from the EU invasive-species ban (from 7 Aug 2027, 2-year transition), so its 7 mink farms end by 2029 (Humane World; Blue News, 23 Oct 2026).
Strict rules ended fox and chinchilla farms; mink is still allowed.
Source: Animal welfare rules
Why we rate it this way
Stricter welfare rules closed fox farms (2005) and chinchilla farms (2014); mink farming remains legal (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026) stricter regulations; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)). FFA reports a government inquiry on a ban (May 2026 item); no bill passed found.
Strict 2017 rules closed the last mink farms in 2019.
Source: Husbandry rules 2017
Why we rate it this way
2017 welfare rules with a 5-year transition made fur farming uneconomic; the last mink farms closed in 2019 (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026); PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): last farm closed Apr 2019). No statute bans fur farming.
2008 welfare rules ended fur farming; there is no outright ban.
Source: Animal welfare law 2008
Why we rate it this way
2008 animal welfare legislation requires zoo-equivalent conditions; fur farming is no longer carried out (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026); PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)). No ban.
Rules bar new mink farms; existing ones are set to close by 2030.
Source: Mink rules 2013-2022
Why we rate it this way
American mink is in the invasive species catalogue (RD 630/2013); FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026) and PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): 2016 rules prohibit new mink farms; RD 1057/2022 orders mink farms closed before 2030 (El Espanol, Jul 2026); about 22 mink farms still ran in Galicia in 2025 (Fundacion Franz Weber). Catalonia passed only a non-binding resolution (15 Jul 2026).
Invasive species law blocks mink farms; the last closed in 2016.
Source: Invasive Alien Species Act
Why we rate it this way
2006 Invasive Alien Species Act bars building new mink farms and strictly regulates keeping American mink; the last mink farm closed in 2016 for non-compliance (FFA; PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025)). Species rule, not a fur farming ban.
Mink, foxes and coypu cannot be imported, so cannot be farmed.
Source: Import bans: mink, fox
Why we rate it this way
Import of mink, foxes and coypu is prohibited, which effectively bans farming them (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026)); PETA list (updated 23 Oct 2025): ferret farming still allowed. No fur farming statute.
British Columbia banned mink farms; other fur farms stay legal.
Source: BC mink ban 2021
Why we rate it this way
British Columbia (Nov 2021): no live mink on farms after Apr 2023, industry out by 2025; farmers' court challenge dismissed (CTV News). Chinchilla and fox farming still legal in BC; no federal ban (FFA fur-bans table (read Oct 2026)).
Sao Paulo and Parana states ban fur farming; no federal law.
Source: SP Lei 15.566/2014; PR
Why we rate it this way
Sao Paulo state Lei 15.566 of 28 Oct 2014 bans breeding animals for fur extraction (ALESP text); Parana state law (PL 217/2015, veto overridden; Lei 18.714/2016 per a 2020 DF legislative opinion) bans keeping animals solely for fur. No federal ban found.
Show the 162 countries where it is allowed
No qualifying national law was found for these countries in the sources under Sources.
All 195 countries: is fur farming banned?
AfghanistanAllowed
AlbaniaAllowed
AlgeriaAllowed
AndorraAllowed
AngolaAllowed
Antigua & BarbudaAllowed
ArgentinaAllowed
ArmeniaAllowed
AustraliaAllowed
AustriaBanned
AzerbaijanAllowed
BahamasAllowed
BahrainAllowed
BangladeshAllowed
BarbadosAllowed
BelarusAllowed
BelgiumBanned
BelizeAllowed
BeninAllowed
BhutanAllowed
BoliviaAllowed
Bosnia & HerzegovinaRestricted
BotswanaAllowed
BrazilRestricted
BruneiAllowed
BulgariaRestricted
Burkina FasoAllowed
BurundiAllowed
CambodiaAllowed
CameroonAllowed
CanadaRestricted
Cape VerdeAllowed
Central African RepublicAllowed
ChadAllowed
ChileAllowed
ChinaAllowed
ColombiaAllowed
ComorosAllowed
Congo - BrazzavilleAllowed
Congo - KinshasaAllowed
Costa RicaAllowed
CroatiaBanned
CubaAllowed
CyprusAllowed
CzechiaBanned
Côte d’IvoireAllowed
DenmarkRestricted
DjiboutiAllowed
DominicaAllowed
Dominican RepublicAllowed
EcuadorAllowed
EgyptAllowed
El SalvadorAllowed
Equatorial GuineaAllowed
EritreaAllowed
EstoniaBanned
EswatiniAllowed
EthiopiaAllowed
FijiAllowed
FinlandAllowed
FranceBanned
GabonAllowed
GambiaAllowed
GeorgiaAllowed
GermanyRestricted
GhanaAllowed
GreeceAllowed
GrenadaAllowed
GuatemalaAllowed
GuineaAllowed
Guinea-BissauAllowed
GuyanaAllowed
HaitiAllowed
HondurasAllowed
HungaryRestricted
IcelandAllowed
IndiaAllowed
IndonesiaAllowed
IranAllowed
IraqAllowed
IrelandBanned
IsraelAllowed
ItalyBanned
JamaicaAllowed
JapanRestricted
JordanAllowed
KazakhstanAllowed
KenyaAllowed
KiribatiAllowed
KuwaitAllowed
KyrgyzstanAllowed
LaosAllowed
LatviaRestricted
LebanonAllowed
LesothoAllowed
LiberiaAllowed
LibyaAllowed
LiechtensteinAllowed
LithuaniaRestricted
LuxembourgBanned
MadagascarAllowed
MalawiAllowed
MalaysiaAllowed
MaldivesAllowed
MaliAllowed
MaltaBanned
Marshall IslandsAllowed
MauritaniaAllowed
MauritiusAllowed
MexicoAllowed
MicronesiaAllowed
MoldovaAllowed
MonacoAllowed
MongoliaAllowed
MontenegroAllowed
MoroccoAllowed
MozambiqueAllowed
Myanmar (Burma)Allowed
NamibiaAllowed
NauruAllowed
NepalAllowed
NetherlandsBanned
New ZealandRestricted
NicaraguaAllowed
NigerAllowed
NigeriaAllowed
North KoreaAllowed
North MacedoniaBanned
NorwayBanned
OmanAllowed
PakistanAllowed
PalauAllowed
Palestinian TerritoriesAllowed
PanamaAllowed
Papua New GuineaAllowed
ParaguayAllowed
PeruAllowed
PhilippinesAllowed
PolandBanned
PortugalAllowed
QatarAllowed
RomaniaRestricted
RussiaAllowed
RwandaAllowed
SamoaAllowed
San MarinoAllowed
Saudi ArabiaAllowed
SenegalAllowed
SerbiaBanned
SeychellesAllowed
Sierra LeoneAllowed
SingaporeAllowed
SlovakiaBanned
SloveniaBanned
Solomon IslandsAllowed
SomaliaAllowed
South AfricaAllowed
South KoreaAllowed
South SudanAllowed
SpainRestricted
Sri LankaAllowed
St. Kitts & NevisAllowed
St. LuciaAllowed
St. Vincent & GrenadinesAllowed
SudanAllowed
SurinameAllowed
SwedenRestricted
SwitzerlandRestricted
SyriaAllowed
São Tomé & PríncipeAllowed
TajikistanAllowed
TanzaniaAllowed
ThailandAllowed
Timor-LesteAllowed
TogoAllowed
TongaAllowed
Trinidad & TobagoAllowed
TunisiaAllowed
TurkmenistanAllowed
TuvaluAllowed
TürkiyeAllowed
UgandaAllowed
UkraineAllowed
United Arab EmiratesAllowed
United KingdomBanned
United StatesAllowed
UruguayAllowed
UzbekistanAllowed
VanuatuAllowed
Vatican CityAllowed
VenezuelaAllowed
VietnamAllowed
YemenAllowed
ZambiaAllowed
ZimbabweAllowed
Sources
Red means a national law bans farming animals for their fur and no new fur farms may open; some still let existing farms wind down, like Poland until 2033. Amber means the ban has passed but starts later, covers only some species or regions, or strict rules ended farming without a ban.
- Fur Free Alliance fur bans: Country table of full bans (enacted/effective year), partial bans and stricter rules; re-read 7 Nov 2026 (latest item 29 Oct 2026)
- PETA fur-ban list (Oct 2025): Total, partial and regulation-only bans with phase-out dates, updated 23 Oct 2025 incl. Poland
- National statutes, 2000-2025: Dz.U. 2025 poz. 1696 (PL), Legge 234/2021 c.980 (IT), TSchG s25(5) (AT), Act 246/1992 Sb. (CZ), Loomakaitseseadus s4 (EE), Fur Farming (Prohibition) Act 2000 (UK), LN 187/2022 (MT)
Each country in the lists names the source for its rule; countries not listed had no qualifying national law in these sources. Laws as of November 2026. We map the law on the books, not how well it is enforced.
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