Are Researchers Just Looking for More Algonquin Wolves? If So, Why?
byIn the Algoma Highlands of Northern Ontario, a group of retired local researchers are trying to trap, tag and collect DNA samples from wolves,…
Trapping & Hunting
Furmark Ambassadors Report on Certification Program’s Reception
byFurmark is a global certification and traceability system for natural fur, now being rolled out by the International Fur Federation. This article first appeared…
Canada Goose Retreats from Fur. We Should All Worry, Not Just Trappers
byThe recent news that Canada Goose would stop trimming the hoods of its performance parkas with coyote fur by the end of 2022 disappointed…
Making Fur Clothing Available in Different Ways
byThis article first appeared in The Canadian Trapper magazine. I’ve loved fur clothing since I was a little girl, as well as animals. I was…
A View from the Ivory Tower
byPierre-Yves Daoust is a professor emeritus and adjunct professor of pathology and microbiology at the University of Prince Edward Island, who lists among his…
Gene Walters – Child of the Wilderness
byGene Walters was born in South Dakota in 1927, but his family moved to the untamed forests of northern Alberta when he was about…
Take a Kid Trapping – They Say the Darnedest Things!
by“Take a kid trapping” was first published in the March/April 2021 issue of Canadian Trapper magazine, telling your stories for the last 34 years….
After Years of Crises It’s Clear: Fur Auctions Are the Only Way to Ensure Fair Prices
byI have been employed in this business from the fur auction end since the early 1980s and as a trapper earlier yet. The first…
Indigenous Fur Harvesters Speak Out Against Anti-Fur Campaigners
byThe following statement from the four signatories below was released to the media on Jan. 24, 2021. “Harvesting and trading fur and other gifts…