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Brooks Law Digest: Fur

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South Carolina Bill Would Allow Commercial Sale of Animals Killed for Depredation Purposes
February 17, 2021

South Carolina Senate Bill 556 would remove the current prohibition on the commercial “disposal” of an animal killed “under authority of a depredation permit.”

Massachusetts Considers Ban on Sale of New Fur Products
February 10, 2021

Massachusetts House Bill 1592 and Senate Bill 1029 would make it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, or otherwise distribute for consideration a fur product. The prohibition would not apply to a used fur product; a fur product used for traditional tribal, cultural, or spiritual purposes; or a fur product expressly authorized by federal or state law.

Rhode Island Considers Ban on Fur Trade
January 27, 2021

Rhode Island House Bill 5188 would prohibit the sale, trade, or other distribution for monetary or non-monetary consideration of a fur product. The legislation includes exemptions for used products, products used in the practice of a religion, or an activity involving a fur product that is expressly authorized by federal or state law.

Washington Considers Regulation of Fur Production
January 26, 2021

Washington House Bill 1372 would prohibit fur farming and the manufacture of fur products. The legislation would include exemptions for fur products used in religious or traditional tribal purposes, activities authorized by federal law, and used fur products.

Hawaii Considers Fur Ban
January 20, 2021

Hawaii House Bill 32 would prohibit the manufacture for sale, sale, trade, or distribution of new fur products.

Connecticut Considers Ban on Fur
January 11, 2021

Connecticut Proposed Bill 5031 would prohibit the sale, trade, and distribution of new animal fur.

Oregon Considers Ban on Sale of New Fur Products
January 11, 2021

Oregon House Bill 2676 would prohibit the sale, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, or other distribution for consideration of fur products. The ban would not apply to nonprofits, secondhand stores, pawn shops, or Native American tribes.

New York Considers Ban on New Fur Products
January 6, 2021

New York Assembly Bill 703 would prohibit the sale and distribution of fur products. The bill contains an exemption for used fur products by a person not normally engaged in the business of selling fur products.

Denmark Announces Killing of All Mink
November 9, 2020

Denmark first announced mink farmers must, but amid legal challenges now only recommends that farmers kill all mink raised in the country for fur because of concerns over a mutated form of COVID-19 that could spread to humans.

France to Ban Exhibition of Wild Animals
September 29, 2020

France’s minister of ecological transition has announced that the country will ban using captive wildlife for entertainment in circuses or marine parks, as well as, mink farming.

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