Saiga antelope are quite the spectacle. Their floppy, trunk-like noses are reminiscent of fleshy side-by-side shotgun barrels, and their round bodies coated in camel-colored fur look like they should squash their skinny, matchstick legs. Two ribbed horns shoot out of their heads, and they scuttle across Central Asian grasslands quickly and nervously. They look like […]
Why Russia sold Alaska to the United States deccanherald.comsource
The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal.In 2011, mammoth ivory hunters in northeastern Siberia discovered a mummified wolf puppy that had lain frozen for 14,400 years. An autopsy of the permafrost-preserved pup revealed another surprise: its gut contained chunks of […]
Fox, raccoon, beaver, rat, and coyote were some of the many different kinds of animal pelts that were being bid on at the New Jersey Trappers Association auction held at Space Farms in Sussex on Sunday, March 24, 2024. NJ.comsource
Yukon fur and craft sale smaller, with more local focus due to pandemic cbc.casource
Pausing at the Brink of That Big purchase: Which Fur to Buy? (Published 1975) The New York Timessource
For most hunters, a taxidermy collection is invaluable in the truest sense of the word. Any European or shoulder mounts on the wall got there through our own toil or that of a forebearer. A dollar amount fails to capture that personal history and those fond memories—not that anyone would actually pay a whole heck […]
Moving a collection of rare taxidermy animal mounts that had been on display at the Great Plains Zoo out of state has the backing of the family who gifted the exotic collection to the city of Sioux Falls four decades ago.Relatives of C.J. Delbridge have penned letters of support for zoo-backed plans for the city […]
Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.Two Cornell University undergraduate students with valid New York State hunting licenses lawfully killed a bear over the weekend. The students brought the animal into a residence hall, where they processed it on Saturday, Sept. 6, […]
For Immediate Release, June 16, 2025 Contact:Samantha Miller, (970) 531-6720, [email protected]Petition Seeks Halt to Sales of Fur From Colorado’s WildlifeDENVER— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a formal rulemaking petition urging Colorado Parks and Wildlife to prohibit the commercial sale of furs taken from the state’s wildlife.In contrast to the protections given to the […]