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Lion Skin Rug, Endangered Species Taxidermy Leads to Charges – newyorkalmanack.com

New York AlmanackHistory, Natural History & the ArtsMay 12, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a CommentAn antiques business owner recently pleaded guilty to charges related to the illegal sale of endangered and protected animal mounts from his business in Great Valley in Cattaraugus County, NY. The investigation began when ECO Wilson and an Investigator with […]

Delbridge taxidermy collection may have a new home at the University of Notre Dame – argusleader.com

After a controversial closure of the Delbridge Museum of Natural History last year, the city’s collection of taxidermy mounts might soon have a new caretaker.The University of Notre Dame’s Museum of Biodiversity has expressed interest in taking ownership of more than 100 taxidermy specimens of the Brockhouse Collection, a 40-yearlong exhibit that was once housed […]

You could get paid £100 for your dog's shedded fur – here’s how – lep.co.uk

Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.Dogs quite frequently shed fur, but it is usually hoovered up and thrown away without a second thought.But did you know […]

Alaska Wolf Found With Record Amount of Mercury, a Sign of Growing Contamination – e360.yale.edu

 / ← →E360 DigestJanuary 2, 2026This article was originally published by bioGraphic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A wolf on Pleasant Island, Alaska, with a sea otter head in its mouth. Gretchen RofflerWhen Alaska’s wolves began eating sea otters, it looked like a story of adaptation. Then they started getting sick.In the […]

Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino – theguardian.com

Decoded genome of meat in pup’s stomach helps scientists build picture of what caused extinction of speciesResearchers have shed light on the final centuries of the woolly rhinoceros after studying a hairy lump of meat from the stomach of an ancient wolf cub that became mummified in the Siberian permafrost.The beautifully preserved remains of a […]

Hoosiers, your squirrel pelts are finally worth something – indystar.com

In Indiana, it will soon be legal to trap otters and sell their fur.Same goes for selling squirrel pelts. Yes, there’s a demand for squirrel fur.The Indiana Natural Resources Commission on Tuesday approved rules that include a limited river otter trapping season beginning this fall. The commission also approved rules that allow the sale of […]