The bill would prohibit the sale or trade of any animal skin with hair, fleece or fibers attached, and any clothing product made of fur. It includes several exemptions from the definition of “fur ...

Ohio’s fur trapping season is underway with more to come as the statewide seasons for beaver and river otter open December 26. Trapping for fox, raccoon, skunk, opossum, weasel, and mink has been ...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Wednesday making California the first state in the nation to ban fur trapping. Newsom’s decision was hailed by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, who ...

There aren’t many trappers out in the backcountry this season. There are certainly a few diehards that trap just because they need an excuse to be out in the wilds. Additionally, there are sport ...

Trappers meet their quarry at nature’s elemental level during the bleakest months of the year. The winter growth of luxuriant fur, provoked by an evolutionary response to a weather cycle that long ...

Trapping is an age-old enterprise. Who really knows when the first trapper came on the scene? Likely it was some dude who needed fur to keep him warm, but couldn’t get quite close enough to that saber ...

PIERSON, Mich. -- High demand for fur in Asian markets means one thing for Michigan trappers — muskrat love. Asian countries are buying raw material for fur garments from Michigan trappers, and ...

It’s time for the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department (FWD) and elected state officials to act on the wishes of the majority of Vermonters and ban recreational and fur trapping for furbearers (bobcat, ...