seal skin sporrans

[skauwt]

i have a brown seal skin sporran i wasnt aware of them being illegal thanks for the information ,im hoping to take the other half to florida at some time and the last thing i would want is to be stopped at customs with one in my suitcase

[pastorsteve]

It appears that the ban is part of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The EU has now also passed a ban on the import of seal skins as well as other countries. I haven't found evidence that posession of seal skin is illegal however, if import has been banned for 37 years, I would assume (read I'm not a lawer so I don't really know) that ownership of seal byprodcts manufactured, or imported, since that time are also illegal. That's why I purchased a muskrat skin sporran instead.