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According to ebay....probably not.

 

Animal parts, pelt, or skin

Many native animal species are protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in the UK and the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000 in Ireland. Some rare native and many non-native species are protected under the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations.

 

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No animal or part of an animal of a species listed inSchedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, or the Schedules to the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000, may be listed on eBay unless the seller can produce documentary evidence confirming that they have not been taken from the wild illegally.

 

No animal or part of an animal of a species listed onAnnex A of the EU Wildlife Trade Regulations may be sold on eBay unless accompanied by an Article 10 certificate as issued by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), or the Irish Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.

 

Skins, hides and rugs are generally permitted on eBay, subject to the limitations above.


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The sale of pelts or items which include the fur from endangered species, cats or dogs



Internal animal organs (e.g. bear gall bladders)

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Yeh, that's Ebay, not the real world

 

There are still places.

 

Sporran makers will take Badger pelts if accompanied by the Vet certificate.

 

Coney , fox etc There should still be one or two places wiling to export, but you might have to have the tanning done by a pro before they are worth anything.

 

Watch this space by the way. Fur is making a comeback on the high street.

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You can sell straight to Canadian fur traders, well so I'm told! I've been talking to a lad from the USA who lived here in Ireland for a while, and he used to ship fox fur's wrapped in brown paper parsels no problem!

 

He was getting around 50 euro a fox last winter, so was worth the high shipping cost!

 

I hear that mink prices are going to be very poor this year because the Chinese are opening huge numbers of mink farms, and so demand has dropped significantly!

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I hate to say this but the market is opening back up in fox and mink.

They reckon the quality in Ireland is some of the best in Europe.

If the trade takes off it will bring the chancers and cowboys out of the woodwork the same as the venison trade has.

There'll be a lot of unchecked snares left around the Irish countryside and I truly hope the fur trade doesn't take off again.

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Thats the only problem as you say, it will bring people out who are solely motivated by money, with disregard to animal welfare, maybe if the trade did take off again, a governing body may be a wise idea, one that grants.trapper licenses, and does a strict vetting process, not just to any tom dick or harry

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