Animals and Animal Products

The content below is for guidance only. Amazon reserves the right to remove any listing it considers to be inappropriate for sale for any reason.

Examples of Permitted Listings

Reminder: All listings and products must comply with all applicable federal or Emirate laws and regulations.

• Non-endangered animals prepared as food, provided that the product is compliant with food regulations and does not otherwise fall within the category of: Restricted Products: Grocery
• Electronic rat traps

Examples of Prohibited Listings

• Live animals including Dangerous Animals as listed under Annex 1 of Federal Law No. (22) of 2016 (https://www.government.ae/en/information-and-services/environment-and-energy/environmental-protection)
• Real fur or products containing real fur of any animal, whether from farmed or wild animals.Click here for guidance on how to identify real fur from fake fur.
• Cockfighting “slasher” knives
• Prong collars and any other collars that have inward-facing spikes
• Glue traps for vertebrates
• Cat traps and other traps claiming that they can be used for trapping cats
• Products promoting or media containing animal abuse
• Electrostatic dog collars, including both training and containment systems
• Parts, products or ingredients from or containing:
  • Baby harp seal and hooded seal skins
  • Seals or other pinnipeds (Sea lions and walruses)
  • Cats or dogs
  • Endangered or threatened species, such as alligators, tigers, rhinoceros, jaguars, caimans, crocodiles, elephants(including elephant ivory), kangaroos, mountain lions, coral, sea turtles(including their shells), snakes and most reptile skins
  • Shark, whale, dolphin or porpoise
  • Untanned animal hides and skins (either with or without hair/fur)
• This includes skin, leather, fur or feathers.

Note: Sellers who list prohibited items can have their selling permissions removed, either temporarily or permanently.

Related Amazon Help Pages

• Restricted Products: Grocery
• Restricted Products: Drugs, Drug Paraphernalia and Dietary Supplements
• Restricted Products: Clothing

Additional Useful Information

• List of endangered species
• Website of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
• Ministry for the Climate Change and Environment (https://www.moccae.gov.ae/en/home.asp)
• Federal Law No. 11 of 2002, on the regulation and control of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and its executive regulations