Colt Comer is one of the youngest people in sight. As older folks grab a cup of coffee or chow down on a plate of biscuits and gravy, the six-year-old is busy brushing beaver pelts, prepping them to ...
Ben Trumblee travels the U.S. selling some highly unusual items. Some of his most popular products include purses made from invasive toads and the cleaned bone of a raccoon penis, which his customers ...
“When fur is used in a slow-fashion way, it is a relatively sustainable resource,” Vogue explains. The fashion publication explained that furriers, individuals who specialize in clothing derived from ...
The big demand in fur by the fashion industry is for the "long-haired" pelts of coyotes, red fox, bobcats and lynx, according to Marvin Fluth of Lewistown, who has been a fur buyer for 30 years. His ...
The bill would prohibit the sale or trade of any animal skin with hair, fleece or fibers attached, and any clothing product made of fur. It includes several exemptions from the definition of “fur ...
In this photo taken Friday, March 16, 2018, Benjamin Lin holds up a fur coat at the B.B. Hawk showroom in San Francisco. Fur trapping would be banned in California if the Legislature passes Assembly ...
One hundred and ninety-five years ago, a trapper arrived in Fort Vancouver with news that 15 of his colleagues had been slain by members of the Quuiich Tribe in what is now Oregon’s Douglas County, ...
MISSOULA -- Ed Hebbe, Mike Johnson and Dennis Schutz are not regular readers of Vogue magazine, but they're often among the first to know when fur is coming back in fashion. The three Montana men have ...
The fur industry has a long history in the state of Missouri. While it looks different these days, it’s still around, and trappers at the annual Missouri fur auction want to make sure they're ...