Username or Email Address Password Remember Me By Susan Bard, Bangor Daily News Outdoors EditorMaine trappers and other small business owners are losing a key online marketplace after Etsy updated its policy to ban the sale of most fur products.The change, announced Thursday, prohibits products “made from or containing the fur of animals killed primarily […]
David Green of Anchorage, Alaska, grandson of the founder of a 103-year-old furrier business, models a fur coat.Lew Freedman | The TribuneName the animal, lynx, fox, raccoon, wolf, or other, and David Green Master Furrier probably has a coat, jacket, or hat made of that type of fur.Lew Freedman | The TribuneFur coats of all […]
It’s been 158 years since Russia sold Alaska to the United States. So how did it happen — and how did this harsh, frozen territory become one of the wealthiest states in the country? More to the point: Why does Vladimir Putin still seem obsessed with the idea of taking it back?Putin wants to reclaim […]
Why Russia sold Alaska to the United States Deccan Heraldsource
Painting by Emanuel Leutze *Signing of the Treaty on the Sale of Alaska, March 30, 1867*. Left to right: Robert S. Chew, William H. Seward, William Hunter, Vladimir Bodisko, Eduard de Stoeckl, Charles Sumner, Frederick Seward, 1868. (Photo: Akhistorycourse) More than 150 years ago, the Russian Empire sold Alaska out of fear it might lose […]
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NewsNews | Jul 17, 2026 alongwell@steamboatpilot.comIn a tight 6-5 vote, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife rejected a proposal to ban the commercial sale of fur in Colorado. The ban originated from a petition submitted by the Center for Biological Diversity in June 2025, which argued that it is a common-sense and ethical change that aligns furbearers […]
“These specialised teeth allowed them to crack, crush, and chew bones.” 10 fearsome, deadly prehistoric dogs that roamed Earth millions of years ago BBC Wildlife Magazinesource
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