A U.S. District judge has released an animal rights activist who was accused of soliciting a hit man to kill someone wearing fur in Ohio last year. After the judge reviewed psychological reports, she ruled that the activist, Meredith Lowell, of Cleveland … [Read More]
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Anti-Trapping Bills Introduced in Connecticut, New Mexico and Oregon
A U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance news release gives details on three new anti-trapping bills and what trappers can do to help fight against them: Anti-trapping bills have been introduced in Connecticut, New Mexico, and Oregon. Sportsmen in these states need to … [Read More]
Mountain Men Star’s Nature School Shut Down By County Officials
County officials have informed Eustace Conway, one of the star’s of History Channel’s Mountain Men reality television show, that he has to close his nature school. Officials from Watauga County, N.C., issued Conway a cease and desist order after determining the buildings on … [Read More]
Prices Soar in First NAFA Sale of 2013
North American Fur Auctions held their first sale of the year last week, and the news couldn’t be better for trappers and predator hunters. NAFA reports record attendance, some new record prices and 100-percent clearances on some species. Here is the … [Read More]
Yukon Men Returns This Friday
The second season of Yukon Men begins this Friday on the Discovery Channel. The first season of the reality television show featuring the residents of a small village in Alaska was popular among Trapper & Predator Caller readers because it … [Read More]
Video: Sea Otter Dunks Basketballs
Here’s something you don’t see every day: A basketball-dunking sea otter. Eddie, a 15-year-old otter who lives in the Oregon Zoo in Portland, was trained by the zoo’s lead sea otter keeper, Jenny DeGroot, to play basketball in order to help alleviate … [Read More]
School Days: It’s a Family Affair
Jacob King, Dadeville, Mo. Missouri boy traps with his father and brother When I was 8 years old and my brother was 4 years old, my dad got us into trapping. I learned that trapping is a good way to … [Read More]
Groups Sue to Stop Wolf Hunting and Trapping in the Midwest
A group of animal rights organizations has teamed up to file a lawsuit in an attempt to bring back federal protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Wolf hunting and trapping seasons opened in Wisconsin and Minnesota in 2012, … [Read More]
Fur Stars on New York Fashion Week Runways
There are few things I’m less qualified to blog about than fashion, but even with my extremely limited knowledge on the subject, I can recognize some good news for trappers and predator hunters when I see it. Fur has been … [Read More]
Pro-Trapping Petition on White House Website Counters Anti-Trapping Request
A trapper has created an online petition on the WhiteHouse.gov website to counter a petition created by anti-trappers who want to ban trapping. A poster using the handle L. River Raisin on the popular trapping forum Trapperman.com posted earlier this week … [Read More]
