One of the questions most frequently asked of trappers is what they do with the furs they catch. Some skins are tanned for wall hangings, garments and other fur novelties, but the majority of the wild ...

The lone coyote works its way down the draw, the towering Bitterroot Mountains glittering with snow behind and above it. An inexperienced observer might think the wild canine is randomly cruising down ...

(AP) — Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged arcs of fur on the ...

Not all fur coats are $100,000 sables. Those incredibly expensive furs sometimes shown in magazines and fashion shows are as beautiful–and as rare–as a newly uncovered painting by an old master and ...

Returning from the Connecticut woods each day, after a morning of checking 40 or more animal traps, Don Dandelski always takes a look at the latest cable news. In the global fur business, ...

Fall is here, and furbearer trapping season has begun in Arkansas. The period for trapping beavers, muskrats and nutrias started at sunrise Nov. 11 and runs through sunset March 31. Coyote trapping ...

The demand for fur is on the rise and prices are booming, providing a windfall to Montana trappers who say their industry has hit a 30-year high. And market indicators suggest the demand – and the ...

Since the 1980s, animal activists around the world have campaigned against fur farming. Progress was slow going for decades ...

When the Petska Fur truck pulls into a town, people show up with deer hides, raccoons, antlers and skunk. What the company really likes to see, though, is coyote. “Right now the only thing that we can ...

HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) — Those fur-trimmed parkas so common on city sidewalks have become a boon to backwoods trappers. Coyote fur pelts are in big demand to provide the lush, silvery or tawny-tinged ...