Fur Statistics

Number of animals used for fur world-wide
Number of animals used in one fur coat
Species trapped for fur
Species farmed for fur
Countries that have banned the leghold trap

Number of animals used for fur world-wide

Farmed world-wide	27,790,000
Farmed Mink	24,100,000
Farmed Fox	3,400,000
Farmed Polecat	100,000
Farmed Raccoon Dog	90,000
Other: Chinchilla, Coypu, Sable, Lynx etc.	100,000 (est.)

Trapped world-wide 8,559,303

Trapped US 2,500,000

Trapped Canada 1,059,303

Trapped Russia 4,000,000

Trapped elsewhere 1,000,000 (est.)

Number of animals used in one fur coat

Calf	6-8
Puma	6-8
Foal	6-8
Seal	6-10
Lynx	8-12
Badger	10-12
Otter	10-16
Fox	10-20
Ocelot	12-18
Dog	15-20
Bobcat	16-22
Kangaroo	20-30
Domestic cat	20-30
Lamb	25-45
Coypu (Nutria)	26-34
Raccoon	30-40
Mink	30-70
Rabbit	30-40
Polecat	45-55
Marten	50-60
Sable	60-70
Skunk	60-70
Chinchilla	30-200
Squirrel	200-400

Source: Rauchwarenhandbuch, Germany

Species trapped for fur

Arctic Fox, Badger, Beaver, Black Bear, Bobcat, Chinchilla, Coyote, Coypu (Nutria), Gray Fox, Red Fox, Kit & Swift Fox, Silver Fox, Lynx, Fisher (Marten), Marmot, Mink, Muskrat, Otter, Ocelot, Opossum, Polecat, Rabbit, Raccoon, Raccoon Dog, Ring tail cat, Sable (Kolinsky), Striped Skunk, Spotted Skunk, Long-tailed Weasel, Short-tailed Weasel (Ermine), Squirrel, Wolf, Timber Wolf, Wolverine

Species farmed for fur

Mink, Fox, Raccoon dog, Polecat, Coypu, Chichilla

Countries that have banned the leghold trap

69: Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Benin, British West Indies, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Portugal, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

19 Countries have banned all traps, including the leghold trap: Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Burkina Faso

Source: Facts About Furs, EU Council Regulation No. 3254/91