Doug Chiasson: What Does the Fur Institute’s New ED Bring to the Table?
byLast April 4, Doug Chiasson assumed the post of executive director of the Fur Institute of Canada, an independent entity founded by the government…
Trapping & Hunting
How Our Views on Animal Use Form, and Why They Are Hard to Change
byIn his 2012 book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, social and cultural psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains why…
Trapline Tales: Ramblings from a Lifetime of Trapping
byLooking back on a lifetime of trapping, I am reminded of some sticky and downright hilarious situations I have gotten myself into. I have…
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,…
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…