Arizona Activist Group Revives Effort To Block Wildlife Fur Sales In Colorado

By Savana Kascak | Complete Colorado

DENVER–An out-of-state animal rights group is back for another swing at banning the sale of wildlife fur in Colorado. As with a previous, failed attempt, hunting, fishing and conservation interests are lining up in opposition.

As previously reported by Complete Colorado, the Tucson, Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity filed a citizens’ petition for rulemaking in June, 2025 urging the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission to amend agency regulations to “prohibit the commercial sale, barter, or trade of wildlife fur in Colorado.”

While that effort never made it past commissioners, the petition has been filed again for another round in 2026 and will be heard by the CPW commission in early March.  

 “The commercial sale of furbearers undermines sustainable wildlife management and compromises the ability to conserve these species for future generations,” the petition claims, in part. 

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