page_title: Animal rights by country or territory
section_title: Global animal rights maps
hierarchical_section_title: Animal rights by country or territory / Global animal rights maps
caption_attribution_description: English: Worldwide laws regarding the legality of killing animals for fur &#160;&#160; Killing animals for fur is illegal &#160;&#160; Killing animals for fur is partially illegal1 &#160;&#160; Killing animals for fur is legal, but importing or selling fur is illegal &#160;&#160; Killing animals for fur is legal, but strict anti-cruelty regulations make fur farms uneconomic &#160;&#160; Killing animals for fur is legal and active &#160;&#160; Unknown 1some animals are excluded
context_page_description: Rights affecting non-human animals vary greatly by country or jurisdiction — encompassing everything from the legal recognition of non-human animal sentience to the absolute lack of any anti-cruelty laws with no regard for animal welfare.
  Notably, as of November 2019, 32 countries formally recognize non-human animal sentience, they are: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
  It has been proposed that the United Nations pass the first resolution recognizing animal rights, the Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare, which acknowledges the importance of the sentience of animals and human responsibilities towards them.
context_section_description: General
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caption: vte Worldwide laws regarding the legality of killing animals for fur             Killing animals for fur is illegal    Killing animals for fur is partially illegal1    Killing animals for fur is legal, but importing or selling fur is illegal    Killing animals for fur is legal, but strict anti-cruelty regulations make fur farms uneconomic    Killing animals for fur is legal and active    Unknown          1some animals are excluded
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