Fall is here, and furbearer trapping season has begun in Arkansas. The period for trapping beavers, muskrats and nutrias started at sunrise Nov. 11 and runs through sunset March 31. Coyote trapping ...

For trapper Howard Noseworthy, it’s the solitude and call of nature that lures him into the bush in search of beaver, bobcat and muskrat. “There’s a feeling of independence and self sufficiency,” says ...

BOONSBORO — Fur trapping is a dying tradition, but Maryland Fur Trappers Inc. President Dan Baker says it remains as a good opportunity for young people to make money. "In a seven or eight-year period ...

Falling prices, rising costs, and anti-fur sentiment jeopardize a centuries-old way of life. “Trapping is a huge part of my life,” says Nathan Kogiak, who runs a trapline outside Yellowknife in Canada ...

California on Wednesday became the first state to ban commercial fur trapping, ending the practice nearly 200 years after animals like beavers and otters introduced the American West to international ...