We provide this information for our California customers so that you might be aware that it is illegal to sell the pelts and or parts of many animals within the state of California. Zanzibar Trading Company FULLY adheres to all California Penal Codes as well and Department of Fish and Game as well as U.S. Fish and Wildlife as well as CITES Class I and II. We do not sell Ivory, Crocodile teeth, Tortoise shell or any forbidden animal parts - and the very few items that we do sell with ANY animal parts (with the exception of chicken or other domesticated bird feathers or domesticated animal pelts (ie cattle)) are considered vintage and or antique ethnographic items and contain, to the best of our knowledge, no forbidden animal parts.

CALIFORNIA PENAL CODES ON WILDLIFE:

653o. (a) It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial
purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the
state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any
alligator, crocodile, polar bear, leopard, ocelot, tiger, cheetah,
jaguar, sable antelope, wolf ( Canis lupus), zebra, whale, cobra,
python, sea turtle, colobus monkey, kangaroo, vicuna, sea otter,
free-roaming feral horse, dolphin or porpoise (Delphinidae), Spanish
lynx, or elephant.
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed six
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.
(b) The prohibitions against importation for commercial purposes,
possession with intent to sell, and sale of the species listed in
this section are severable. A finding of the invalidity of any one
or more prohibitions shall not affect the validity of any remaining
prohibitions.


653p. It is unlawful to possess with the intent to sell, or to
sell, within the state, the dead body, or any part or product
thereof, of any species or subspecies of any fish, bird, mammal,
amphibian, reptile, mollusk, invertebrate, or plant, the importation
of which is illegal under the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973
(Title 16, United States Code Sec. 1531 et seq.) and subsequent
amendments, or under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (Title
16, United States Code Sec. 1361 et seq.), or which is listed in the
Federal Register by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the
above acts. The violation of any federal regulations adopted pursuant
to the above acts shall also be deemed a violation of this section
and shall be prosecuted by the appropriate state or local officials.




653q. It is unlawful to import into this state for commercial
purposes, to possess with intent to sell, or to sell within the
state, the dead body, or any part or product thereof, of any seal.
Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of
a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000) and not to exceed five thousand dollars
($5,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not to exceed six
months, or both such fine and imprisonment, for each violation.



653r. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter 1557
of the Statutes of 1970, it shall be unlawful to possess with intent
to sell, or to sell, within this state, after June 1, 1972, the dead
body, or any part or product thereof, of any fish, bird, amphibian,
reptile, or mammal specified in Section 653o or 653p.
Violation of this section constitutes a misdemeanor.