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Which countries have banned fur trading?

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Which countries have banned fur trading?
Countries that have banned fur trading at a national level.
Source
Fur Free Alliance (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
September 13, 2024
Date range
2024–2024

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

Legal status of fur farming and fur trading around the world.

Retrieved on
September 13, 2024
Retrieved from
https://www.furfreealliance.com/fur-bans/
Citation
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Overview national fur legislation, Fur Free Alliance (2024).

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“Data Page: Which countries have banned fur trading?”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser (2023) - “Animal Welfare”. Data adapted from Fur Free Alliance. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fur-trading-ban [online resource]
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Fur Free Alliance (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data

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Fur Free Alliance (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Which countries have banned fur trading?” [dataset]. Fur Free Alliance, “Fur banning” [original data]. Retrieved December 13, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fur-trading-ban