Furbearer Conservation

April 10, 2019

General Trapping, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

Fur Institute updates "Certified Trap List" for 2019

Furbearer Conservation

April 10, 2019

General Trapping, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

The Fur Institute of Canada announced updates to their list of certified traps this week. The list of approved traps was updated by the Trap Research and Development Committee (TRDC). To meet the needed requirements for AIHTS trap certification, trap manufacturers must test any trapping device they intend to market for use in Canada. This includes mechanically powered, trigger activated lethal devices, as well as live capture foot-hold and cage traps.

Furbearer Conservation

April 8, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, National, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Headlines

"Tube-man hazing" fails to thwart Oregon wolf pack depredation

Furbearer Conservation

April 8, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, National, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Headlines

A pair of wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube men are out of a job after they failed to deter gray wolf depredation at a cattle ranch in Butte Falls.

Furbearer Conservation

April 1, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, National, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Headlines

Carrying capacity highlighted amid Cougar attack on Vancouver child

Furbearer Conservation

April 1, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, National, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Headlines

"At this point we believe there may be two or more cougars involved," conservation officer Ben York told reporters on Friday of last week.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

March 17, 2019

Discussion, New England, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Control

MA officials move bears found living in highway median strip

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

March 17, 2019

Discussion, New England, North America, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Control

MassWildlife officals discover a bear family overwintering in a wooded section of a busy highway median in Massachusetts.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

March 10, 2019

Discussion, Conservation, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Love, musk is in the air for New England furbearers!

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

March 10, 2019

Discussion, Conservation, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

More than a “Halmark Holiday”? Even after Valentine’s Day has come and gone for folks in the Northeast, its safe to say romance, and in this case, gland secretions, still linger in the air for many of the region’s wildlife populations.