July 21, 2019

Discussion, National, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, A World Without Trapping, Headlines

Beaver attack in Virginia river rehashes talk of “Zombie Beavers”

July 21, 2019

Discussion, National, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, A World Without Trapping, Headlines

The Virginia incident is the latest in an over decade-long string of rabid beaver attacks. Being a density-dependent disease, does the influx in beaver/rabies cases highlight a species that is reaching or exceeded natural carrying capacity? Are rabid beavers becoming more prevalent or are we just becoming more aware of rabid beavers?

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

War on coyote management wages on in New England politics

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

The knee-jerk cliché “they were here first” argument may very well be a valid one, but it detracts from the core issue; how do we continue to live among what has become, for lack of a better term, an evolutionary unprecedented apex predator?

William Carney

June 19, 2019

Discussion, Guest Writer, Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Opinion / Editorial, Public Relations, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Rough Cuts, New England

Letter: How HSUS spends its money

William Carney

June 19, 2019

Discussion, Guest Writer, Hunting, Legislation, New Hampshire, Opinion / Editorial, Public Relations, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Rough Cuts, New England

The following letter was recently written by long-time sportsman’s advocate and conservationist William Carney. The following letter appeared in the April 16th editorial/opinion section of the Concord Monitor - a New Hampshire-based newspaper. Bill’s letter is reposted here, with his permission, in its full and uncut entirety. Readers of the Furbearer Conservation blog are encouraged to draw their own conclusions from the content of this letter.

Editorial

June 3, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Discussion, Legislation, National, North America, Opinion / Editorial, Public Relations, Headlines

NYC Fur Ban: The hornet's nest that needed a good kicking

Editorial

June 3, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Discussion, Legislation, National, North America, Opinion / Editorial, Public Relations, Headlines

Its not just backwoods fur trappers supporting the fur industry. As the NYC fur ban really started to heat up last month, folks from all walks of American life came out to fight the proposal.

Editorial

May 27, 2019

Conservation, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Public Relations, Hunting, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, Hunting Culture

Of Elephants and Men: Botswana’s response to lifting of hunting ban

Editorial

May 27, 2019

Conservation, Wildlife Management, Discussion, Public Relations, Hunting, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, Hunting Culture

While the rise in elephant populations across Botswana should be prized as the epitome of a conservation success story, the country finds itself being criticized by the same ideology plaguing wildlife management efforts in North America.