Laws Relating to Fur-bearing Animals, 1920: A Summary of Laws in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland, Relating to Trapping, Open Seasons, Propagation, and Bounties, Volume 1165; Volume 1293; Volume 1387

George Augustus Lawyer · Frank Leslie Earnshaw

Jan 1920 · U.S. Government Printing Office

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"American trappers receive yearly in the aggregate of many millions of dollars for their fur harvest, which up to the moment they set out to gather it, does not cost them a single effort. Recently the supply of peltries has been dercreasing at an alarming rate. Raw-fur buyers representing all parts of the country place the decrease at form 25 to 50 per cent during the last 10 years. There are no longer any virgin trapping grounds. Even in Alaska the two most important fur-bearing animals, the beaver and the marten, have become so nearly exterminated that they are now being protected by a close period. Laws protecting fur-bearing animals are designed to keep a steady flow of peltries coming to market year after year, thereby bringing trappers a reliable income and giving regular employment to thousands of people engaged in dressing skins, manufacturing garments and distributing them through the various avenues of trade. A general protest comes from raw-fur buyers against traffic in unprime skins. The losses caused by killing fur animal's when their pelts are not prime are enormous. An educational campaign is greatly needed to prevent this waste and to perpetuate our fur-producing resources. It is hoped that the information contained in this bulletin will be instrumental in promoting judicious and harmonious action in this important matter." -- p.2