The city commission for Hallandale Beach, Florida, recently voted 5-0 to make theirs the first city in the state to ban the sale of new fur products. The ordinance will take effect immediately and exempts used fur and pelts from cows, sheep and deer.Florida has the eighth highest fur sales in the country, according to 2017 […]
The world was introduced to the furriest Olympian ever at the 2026 Winter Games.Winter Olympic Sports to Watch During Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic GamesOlympics BiathlonOlympics Alpine SkiingOlympics Figure SkatingOlympics Cross-Country SkiingOlympics Nordic CombinedOlympics LugeOlympics Short Track Speed SkatingOlympics SkeletonOlympics SnowboardOlympics Speed SkatingOlympics Ski MountaineeringOlympics BobsleighOlympics CurlingOlympics Ice HockeyOlympics Ski JumpingA breakout star has emerged in the […]
WyoFile An independent, reader-funded, non-profit news organization focused on the people, places, and policy of Wyoming. Leslie Patten hiked into a remote reach of northwest Wyoming’s Sunlight Basin in December to post a trail camera where she’d earlier seen wolf tracks. At the time, a winter closure was fast approaching, and the Park County resident wouldn’t […]
Annual Idaho Fish and Game fur auction to run online April 6-20 Big Country News |source
Everyone has a price, so they say—and as it turns out, so does everything. A taxidermied sperm whale penis from the late 19th century? That’ll set you back nearly $6,000, according to the precedent set by yesterday’s second annual “Out of the Ordinary” auction at Sworders in the United Kingdom.Mark Wilkinson, a specialist at Sworders, […]
A student walks past a sign pointing to the Alaska Resources Library & Information Services at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Photo by Matthew Schmitz.The Alaska Resources Library & Information Services — known as ARLIS — removed the Furs, Mounts and Skulls collection, which contained taxidermy pieces available for public checkout.According to an article on […]
OUTDOORS: A yearly appointment at Clingerman Taxidermy Finger Lakes Timessource
A Stray Dog Bred With a Wild Wolf—and Created a Staggering Hybrid AOL.comsource
WASHINGTON — Dogs have been loyal companions to people since we made them our first domesticated animals, descending long ago from gray wolves — though precisely when, where and why have remained unanswered. New genetic research now is offering valuable insight, including identifying the earliest-known dog, dating to 15,800 years ago.This dog, known from bones […]
SACRAMENTO — New fur coats and mink shawls could soon face extinction in California.State lawmakers in the Assembly on Wednesday gave final approval to legislation that would outlaw new items made from the fur of undomesticated animals, including mink, rabbit and coyote. If signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California would be the first state in […]