The Pallas's cat has been hunted for its fur in relatively large numbers in China, Mongolia, and Russia; international trade in manul pelts largely ceased since the late 1980s.
Manul telah lama diburu untuk bulu dalam jumlah relatif besar di Cina, Mongolia dan Rusia, meskipun perdagangan internasional bulu manul sebagian besar berhenti sejak akhir 1980-an.