Codes of Practice or Best Management Practices for farmed mink and foxes exist in major producing countries.
In Canada, fur farms operate under provincial and territorial legislation and national Codes of Practice covering animal welfare. As with all domestic animals, farmed fur animals are protected from cruelty and neglect under...
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How do we keep wildlife from being over or under harvested?
Regulation of commercial wildlife harvest is based on current population sizes and future population trends.
Usually the harvest is kept at the highest possible level that will not adversely affect population sizes and harvests in future...
Furbearers have been selectively harvested for centuries in Canada and today furbearer populations remain healthy and abundant under the stewardship of tens of thousands of trappers and provincial and territorial wildlife agencies across the country. Regulated trapping is an excellent example of sustainable resource...
About Canada’s Trap Research and Testing Program
Over the years trappers have sought to improve their traps so they would be both humane and capture-efficient. Trap performance can only be verified through a comprehensive scientific process to evaluate all components of a trapping system.
Canada’s state-of-the-art trap research...
Trapping is a well regulated, sustainable and progressive activity.
Throughout human history, people have trapped animals for fur, meat and other valuable products, as well as to protect property and human safety.
It is only in recent years that trapping has been used for the added purposes of conservation, environmental protection...
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American black bears (Ursus americanus) are abundant in Canada.
Provincial, territorial, federal and international laws provide strict trade regulations to protect against unlawful trade in black bears, both within Canada and internationally.
A regulated harvest of black bears...
