#fur trapping

[ladyofthebruinen]

trapped.

Guys guys, @morby wrote an amazing fic inspired by this drawing, such an honour! Go and read it: Haven

(And, as usual, I have prints of this in my inprnt shop)

[ranaraeuchle]

Started sketching a bit of history from my home state...

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“SKILFUL POACHER IS FINALLY CAUGHT,” Owen Sound Sun-Times. May 15, 1931. Page 14. ==== Once Carved Initials on Hoof of Sleeping Moose to Win Bet ---- LINDSAY, Ont., May 15 - Word has reached here that a poacher of the third generation has been caught in Haliburton in possession of five beaver pelts and one otter. The man is remarkably skilful in the woods and once bet a companion his season's catch in furs that he could carve his initials on the hoof of a sleeping moose, a trick he had learned from his father. It took him half an hour to do it and they had to shoot the moose as it carried the only proof of his daring. The pelts in the "pot" were worth $1,300. Later the loser in his bet lost everything when his home burned, and the winner paddled 57 miles to help him, giving him back his $650 and an extra $100. For years game wardens have been stalking him much after his fashion of stalking the wild beasts, but only last week were they successful in catching him.

[how2skinatiger]

In their own words: Fur trappers on Ontario's oldest profession | TVO.org

TVO.org speaks with three northeastern trappers about the traditions of their work, urban misconceptions — and keeping animal populations healthy.

The life of a trapper has never been an easy one. It involves spending countless hours alone on a boat, snowshoes, or a dogsled, collecting and hauling pelts, then travelling hundreds of kilometres to a trading post to sell them. Even with advent of snowmobiles, modern traps, GPS, and other technologies, trapping is demanding and labour-intensive. And COVID-19 has made it only more difficult.

The North Bay Fur Auction, the last remaining wild-fur auction house on the continent, saw a 25 per cent decline in sales between this year and last, according to Ken Frederick, operator of the auction’s trapping store — “mainly because we can’t get people in the building.” Chinese, Russian, Korean, and Italian vendors were unable to visit the facility to inspect the wares. “They normally like to see the fur, the colour of what they’re buying,” he says.

Yet trappers continue to venture out to the bush to maintain their traplines — routes, sometimes as long as 100 kilometres, along which they set their traps. While many assume the practice involves taking as much from the land as possible, trappers work to balance the animal populations in their ecosystems. TVO.org spoke with three trappers in northeastern Ontario about the lifestyle, tradition, ecology, and economics behind Canada’s oldest industry. Here they are in their own words.

[rjzimmerman]

California becomes first state to ban fur trapping after Gov. Newsom signs law

A ban on fur trapping for animal pelts makes California the first state in the nation to outlaw the centuries-old practice.

Excerpt from this LA Times story:

California has enacted a new ban on fur trapping for animal pelts, making it the first state to outlaw a centuries-old livelihood that was intertwined with the rise of the Western frontier.

The Wildlife Protection Act of 2019, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday, prohibits commercial or recreational trapping on both public and private lands.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), who introduced the legislation, said it was time to end fur trapping. “It seems especially cruel, obviously, and it’s just unnecessary and costly,” she said.

Gonzalez said that the roughly six dozen trappers still working in the state, down from more than 5,000 a century ago, cannot afford to pay the full cost of implementing and regulating their industry.

The ban also comes as California lawmakers consider more aggressive measures to protect animals and wildlife, often threatening age-old traditions.

Legislators are considering proposals to ban the sale of all fur products, including fur coats, and to outlaw the use of animals in any circus in the state, with the exception of domesticated horses, dogs and cats.

“There’s been a real change in attitudes about how we treat animals,” Gonzalez said.

A total of 68 trappers reported killing 1,568 animals statewide in 2017, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Among the 10 species reported taken were coyote, gray fox, beaver, badger and mink.

[wolverinequeen]

Caught and released another one today

[alittleblackdogblog]

Tomorrow we’re pulling up the trap line and moving to a new location. This place isn’t producing as well as I hoped and I found a much better creek system today that we’d like to try out.

[manywaystoskinacat]

My newest wolf beside my first wolf. This one looks like GreyWind from the GoT series so that’s what he will be named.

He’s 7'2" from nose to tailtip so it was hard to find a place to put him. I’m going to be buying some toggle bolts this weekend so I can finally get one of my deer up on the wall above the fireplace. My living room is looking crazier and crazier. Hopefully soon I’ll have the will to re-shape ShaggyDog’s face finally.

This wolf was trapped and sold legally in my province, did not cross provincial or country borders, and is entirely legal for me to have. If you have an issue with wolf trapping or hunting, go elsewhere.