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Environment & Conservation, Trapping & Hunting May 22, 2020 March 2, 2021

Importance of Managing Wild Furbearers Greatly Misunderstood

by Don MacLauchlan, retired forester and wildlife manager

The fact that several high-profile clothing companies recently stopped using fur in the name of “sustainability” — not to speak of political bans on…

Environment & Conservation, Most Popular, Trapping & Hunting September 15, 2017 February 24, 2021

by Alan Herscovici, Senior Researcher, Truth About Fur

People I speak with are often astounded to learn that all the furs we use today are abundant. “We never use furs from endangered…

Environment & Conservation, Trapping & Hunting, Urban Wildlife April 20, 2016 February 27, 2021

by Jeff Traynor, trapper and editor, Furbearer Conservation

The morning started just like any other during my fall trapping season this past November. I fumbled about as I awoke to the sound of…

Cultural Heritage, Environment & Conservation, Trapping & Hunting October 6, 2014 February 28, 2021

by James Braaten, outdoors communicator

On a recent Saturday I attended a small trapper gathering and I must say I always walk away from these events having learned a…