Sarnia City Hall put out cardboard cutouts of coyotes to try to scare geese away from a park in an attempt to reduce geese droppings. When the cutouts went missing, officials assumed they were stolen, but a TheRecord.com article tells … [Read More]
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Fur Auction Summary: January to March 2009
Here’s a look at what sold for how much at auctions in the first quarter of 2009. [Read More]
Connecticut to Ban Trapping?
Trapping Today has a great recap of the legal battle in Connecticut over the right to trap. The new bill, which would ban foothold and bodygripping traps, was co-sponsored by state Sen. John Fonfara and Rep. Betty Boukus. It passed … [Read More]
Missouri Issues No-Limit Trapping Season on Otters
There are so many otters in Missouri waterways (an estimated 15,000) that the state has begun a no-limit season on the furbearers from Nov. 15 to Jan. 31.
A Bobcat Walks Into a Bar…
It sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but it wasn’t so funny to those at The Chaparral Bar in Cottonwood, Arizona after a rabid bobcat walked into the bar Tuesday. From the story: That bobcat caught patrons off … [Read More]
Nutria Is a Tough Sell
Two stories out of the Lafourche Parish Daily Comet in Louisiana discuss the non-existent market for nutria fur: “Demand for Nutria Pelts Fades Away“ And “They’re the Last of the Swamp-Rat Skinners“ The state of Louisiana gives $5 per nutria … [Read More]
A Father-and-Son Adventure
Marc Murrell writes about the great experiences he shared with his 9-year-old twins this past trapping season as they learned the art of trapping on the fly. He summed it up well in his last paragraph: Both boys got a … [Read More]
Happy With Salazar’s Decision to Leave Wolf Management to the States?
Let him know.Interior Secretary Ken Salazar upheld the decision made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered list in the Northern Rockies and the western Great Lakes regions earlier this month. He … [Read More]
Fighting for Trapping Tradition in Maine
Trapping is under attack by animal rights groups in Maine despite troubling furbearer overpopulation problems. The rising beaver population and the increased costs of road repairs and other damage related to beavers have even caused the Maine legislature to try … [Read More]
Coyote Vs. Buster the Dog
Buster, a dog from Chanhassen, Minn., is lucky to have escaped his run in with a coyote near his owners’ home outside Minneapolis. It sure seems like there have been a lot of stories about coyote overpopulation and/or coyotes populating … [Read More]
