Advertisement.Nathan Kogiak, a traditional economy coordinator at the territory’s Department of Environment and Climate Change, told Cabin Radio NWT trappers made a total of $625,000 in sales at last month’s Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ontario. That’s more than double the sales they made at the same auction last year, while selling just 63 […]
For the second straight year, Idaho Fish and Game’s annual fur auction will be held entirely online in 2022.This year’s auction of furs, hides, antlers, and other items will be run through Prime Time Auctions (www.primetimeauctions.com). The online auction kicks off on April 18, and ends on April 25. While this unfortunately means potential buyers […]
ShareThe mountains and oceans surrounding Katmai National Park and Preserve keep it isolated from much of the rest of Alaska. The geography makes for a scenic view, but it also may have implications for a gray wolf population that lives along its coasts.Ongoing research shows that Katmai wolf packs prey on sea otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) […]
Sebastian Errazuriz exhibits taxidermy Bird Chandelier in Breaking the Box dezeen.comsource
Annual F&G fur auction online in 2023, begins April 10 idfg.idaho.govsource
Researchers found that coat color (black versus gray) reflects an individual wolf’s immunity to canine distemper virus (CDV). They also found that changes in the proportion of black wolves may be due to changes in the frequency of CDV disease outbreaks, coupled with the mating behavior of wolves and whether they select a mate with […]
Advertisement.The online global marketplace announced this month it will prohibit the sale of products containing “natural fur from animals killed primarily for their pelts” effective August 11. Etsy said the move is part of “ongoing biodiversity efforts.” While animal rights groups that pushed for the ban are celebrating that decision, advocates for Canada’s fur sector […]
New York AlmanackHistory, Natural History & the ArtsMay 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 CommentAdirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake, is set to exhibit approximately 100 pieces of extraordinary taxidermy on loan from private Adirondack collections and camps as well as mounts, photographs, and manuscript materials from its own collection, beginning May 24th.The […]
If you, like me, have a spoiled, lazy dog that enjoys cheese flavoured treats, the fact that your pet's ancestors were wild predators can seem unfathomable.But a major new study suggests their physical transformation from wolf to sofa-hogging furball began in the Middle Stone Age, much earlier than we previously thought."When you see a Chihuahua […]
By Brent Lang Executive Editor Ashley Avis has been tapped to write and direct ‘American Wolf‘ for Apple Original Films. The film is based on a novel by Nate Blakeslee. It chronicles the captivating true story of O-Six, a highly intelligent alpha female wolf, whose rise and tragic fall catapult the persecution of her species […]