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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Based on the frequency of garbage-can diving and attic prowling, citizens of the suburbs might conclude Ohio holds more than enough raccoons. Other furry critters not so much. Opossums and skunks ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Conservationists say mink are re-establishing themselves in North Uist, despite years of work to ...

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, ...