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Links

Aboriginal Organizations

  • Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat – IPS
  • Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board
  • Cree Trappers Association
  • Gwich’in Tribal Council
  • Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
  • Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg
  • Kitikmeot Hunters’ & Trappers’ Association
  • National Aboriginal Forestry Association/ Trapping and Hunting
  • Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
  • Sahtu Renewal Resources Board

Animal Welfare Groups

  • Canadian Association for Humane Trapping
  • Canadian Association of Zoo & Wildlife Veterinarians
  • Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
  • Canadian Council on Animal Care
  • Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
  • National Animal Interest Alliance (US)
  • National Farm Animal Care Council

Conservation Groups

  • Canadian Wildlife Federation
  • Ducks Unlimited
  • Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU
  • International Council for Game And Wildlife Conservation
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
  • IUCN – The World Conservation Union
  • Nature Canada
  • Northeast Furbearer Resource Technical Committee
  • Red List of Endangered Species
  • Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation
  • Sierra Club Sportsman (PDF)
  • The Wildlife Society (TWS)
  • Wildlife Habitat Canada
  • World Conservation Trust (IWMC)

Forums & Chat Rooms

  • Canadian Trappers Talk Forum
  • Forum Des Trappeurs (French-Canadian Trapping Forum)

Fur Farm Associations

  • Canada Fox Breeders Association
  • Canada Mink Breeders Association
  • Fur Commission USA
  • National Chinchilla Breeders of Canada

Fur in the Classroom Teacher Resources

  • Black Bear Ecology – Teacher Guides (Gr 2, 4, 7)
  • Bobcat Education Resource- Study Sphere
  • Discover Wild Reference Set and Teachers’ Guide
  • Fur Commission Education Resource Catalogue
  • Fur Trade Stories: Curriculum-based teaching unit
  • Fur Trade: Our First Nations Roots- Grade 9 Social Studies
  • Parks Canada – Teacher Resource Centre- The Fur Trade
  • Saskatchewan Learning Resources Distribution Centre, Wildlife Management (PDF)
  • Take a Kid Trapping Program- Yukon
  • The Fur Trail: Online teaching unit for ages 12-14
  • Web of Life: Teaching Guide for North American Biomes (Gr. 4-8) (PDF)

Fur Trapper and Hunter Organizations

  • Alberta Hunter Education Instructors’ Association
  • Alberta Trappers Association
  • BC Trappers Association
  • Fédération des trappeurs gestionnairse du Québec (Quebec Trappers Federation)
  • Friends of Fur
  • Manitoba Trappers Association
  • National Trappers Association (North America)
  • New Brunswick Trappers and Fur Harvester Federation
  • Newfoundland & Labrador Trappers Association
  • Ontario Fur Managers Federation
  • Saskatchewan Trappers Association
  • Timmins Fur Council
  • Trappers Association of Nova Scotia

Government Departments

  • Alberta Ministry of Sustainable Resource Development
  • Alberta MSRD: My Wild Alberta-Trapping
  • British Columbia Ministry of Environment
  • Canadian Wildlife Service – Environment Canada
  • Government of Canada: Culture, Heritage and Recreation
  • Manitoba Ministry of Conservation
  • Manitoba Wildlife and Ecosystem Protection Branch
  • New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources and Energy
  • New Brunswick Wildlife Section
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Conservation/Wildlife
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Environment and Conservation
  • North West Territories Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
  • Northwest Territories Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment
  • Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
  • Nunatsiavut Government
  • Nunavut Department of Land and Wildlife
  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Prince Edward Island Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Environment
  • Saskatchewan Department of Environment
  • Société de la faune et des parcs du Québec
  • Yukon Department of Environment

Guides: Fur Farming BMP’s and Regulations

  • Alberta Fur Farm Regulation
  • B.C. Fur Farms Act
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Livestock Act
  • Nova Scotia Fur Farm Licensing
  • OMAFRA Fur Farming
  • Recommended Code of Practice for Mink (PDF)
  • Recommended Code of Practice for Ranched Fox (PDF)
  • Saskatchewan Fur Farming Regulations
  • U.S. Best Management Practices for Trapping (by species)

Guides: Provincial and Territorial Trapping Regulations

  • Alberta Guide to Trapping Regulations
  • BC Guide to Trapping Regulations
  • Manitoba Guide to Trapping Regulations
  • New Brunswick Fur Harvesting Regulations
  • New Brunswick Nuisance Wildlife Control Regulation
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Hunting and Trapping Guide (PDF)
  • Newfoundland and Labrador Trapping Regulations
  • Nova Scotia Fur Harvesting Regulations
  • NWT Trapping Regulation
  • Ontario Summary of Trapping Regulations – Ministry of Natural Resources
  • Ontario Summary of Trapping Regulations – Ontario Fur Managers Association
  • Ontario Trapping Regulations
  • PEI Guide to Trapping Regulations (PDF)
  • Quebec Guide to Trapping Regulations
  • Regulation respecting trapping and the fur trade- Quebec
  • Saskatchewan Guide to Trapping Regulations
  • Trapping in Quebec (PDF)
  • Yukon Territory Trapping and Youth program highlights
  • Yukon Territory Trapping Regulations
  • Yukon Trapping Regulations Summary 2008-09 (PDF)

Marketing

  • Fur Harvesters Auction Incorporated
  • North American Fur Auctions

Media

  • Fur-Fish-Game Magazine
  • The Cree Hunter and Trapper Magazine
  • Trapper & Predator Caller

Producer Groups & Associations (International)

  • British Fur Trade Association
  • Canadian Sealers Association
  • Deutsches Pelzinstitut (DPI)
  • Dutch Fur Breeders Association
  • Dutch Fur Industry (Dutch Language)
  • European Fur Breeders’ Association
  • Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the E.U.
  • Finnish Fur Breeders’ Association
  • French Federation of Furriers
  • Fur Commission USA
  • Fur Council of Canada
  • Fur Information Council of America
  • German Fur Federation
  • Greek Fur Federation
  • Hong Kong Fur Federation
  • International Fur Trade Federation, IFTF
  • Irish Fur Breeders’ Association
  • Italian Fur Federation
  • Japan Fur Association
  • Norwegian Fur Breeders Association
  • Seals and Sealing Network
  • Swedish Fur Trade Council
  • Swiss Fur Association
  • Truth about Fur

Research Institutes

  • Agricultural Research Center of Finland, Fur Farming Research Station
  • Alberta Innovates Technology Futures
  • Canadian Centre for Fur Animal Research
  • Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre
  • Canadian Council on Animal Care (CCAC)
  • COSEWIC – Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
  • Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences
  • International Fur Animal Scientific Association
  • Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Coop
  • Nova Scotia Fur Institute
  • Scientifur – Scientific Publication Fur Animal Production
  • The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark: Department of Animal Science and Animal Health
  • Trent University
  • University of Alberta, Department of Biological Services
  • University of Alberta, Department of Biological Services (PDF)
  • University Of Guelph, fur farming research

Service Providers

  • Alberta Trapline Adventures
  • Animal Damage Control
  • Les Pièges du Québec
  • Long Creek Trapping Supply
  • Oneida Victor Inc. Ltd
  • Ottercreek
  • Ram Connection
  • Trans Canada Trapline

Statistics

  • 2009 European Fur Statistics
  • Alternative Livestock on Canadian Farms(1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001,2006) Statistics Canada (PDF)
  • Fur Statistics: 2007 – Statistics Canada (PDF)
  • Fur Statistics:2008

Trapper Training

  • Quebec Trapper Training Program
  • Trapping and fur bearing management in NA booklet (PDF)

Wildlife Agencies

  • American Society of Mammalogy
  • Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
  • CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
  • Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management for animal damage control
  • National Biological Information Infrastructure
  • Ontario Conservation Officers Association
  • US Department of the Interior
  • US FWS – Links to State Agencies
  • WCMC – World Conservation Monitoring Center
  • Wildlife Disease Associatio
  • Wildlife Management Advisory Council (Whitehorse, Yukon)
  • Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board

News feed

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