Stores could be fined from $500 to $1,500 for each violation under the proposed ban, but used fur apparel would be exemptNew York City would ban the sale of fur under new legislation introduced Thursday in the city council.The city – home to the biggest market for fur in the United States – would join […]
A man and woman from Texas were sentenced to a year in prison in Miami for selling several endangered jaguar skins, according to federal authorities. Elias Garcia Garcia, 53, and Maria Angela Plancarte, 53, both of La Feria, Texas, were sentenced Monday to a year and a day behind bars followed by two years of […]
ShareShare An auction house’s Country Sporting Sale will include their best ever taxidermy section. Mitchells Country Sporting Sale in Cockermouth next week will feature over 1,000 lots, including more than 50 traditional and modern mounts and a private collection of African and European taxidermy from a west Cumbrian home. The most valuable lot amongst the […]
Brandon Carr, Digital Content ProducerPublished: January 16, 2026 at 10:42 PMUpdated: January 16, 2026 at 11:29 PMBrandon Carr, Digital Content ProducerDETROIT – The owners of Dittrich Furs are still retiring, but they will continue restocking as they run a liquidation sale in Detroit.The response to their retirement announcement this week brought so many customers to the store […]
Share A 1939 taxidermy of a leopard head by Van Ingen was the highest selling lot in Mitchell’s Country Sporting Sale last week achieving an impressive hammer price of £3,400. Van Ingen of Mysore in India was one of the world’s greatest taxidermy firms serving international nobility as well as the Maharajas of India for […]
A taxidermy pine martin mounted on a branch was among items seized by police A shop owner has been convicted of selling stuffed endangered animals and illegal ivory goods.Justin Grimshaw, 71, pleaded guilty to 12 offences at Boston Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.Following a tip-off, Lincolnshire Police searched Pendragon Antiques in Red Lion Street, Spalding, in […]
A taxidermy moose head showed up in Dundurn Castle garden. Nobody knows how or why thespec.comsource
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Although the majority of animals slaughtered for their fur come from notoriously cruel fur factory farms, trappers worldwide kill millions of raccoons, coyotes, wolves, bobcats, opossums, nutria, beavers, otters, and other fur-bearing animals every year for the clothing industry.There are various types of traps, including snares, underwater traps, and Conibear traps, but the steel-jaw trap […]
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