My Turn: Another view on trapping mactrunk
Published: 3/17/2021 11:07:07 AM
I read Patrick Connelly’s impassioned defense of trapping and the fur industry [‘Worng for people, wrong for animals, wrong for science’] and thought whoa! His piece contained so many errors, exaggerations, false assumptions and biases that to address them all point-by-point here would be impossible.
Let’s just say that it’s completely disingenuous to try and pass off the cruel and exploitive practice of fur-trapping as moral, humane, and scientifically justifiable. And as for trapping being good for the animals, well, that’s like claiming Donald Trump won by a landslide. Both times.
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My Turn: ‘Wrong for people, wrong for animals, wrong for science’
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Published: 2/16/2021 7:11:12 AM
I am writing to voice strong opposition to the proposed legislation in bills HD 1592 /SD 1029. I am a hobby fur trapper as well as a professional animal damage control trapper. The proposed bills will do nothing to help wildlife, will facilitate wanton waste and go against the North American conservation model. Also synthetic faux fur, along with being an inferior textile, clogs landfills and breaks down to microplastics whereas real fur can be composted, upcycled etc.
Wildlife under the North American conservation model is a public trust. This means that wildlife is as much yours as it is mine until it is harvested and becomes someone’s possession. The strict seasons and bag limits set by biologists determine what amount of harvest is permitted to maintain healthy ecological and social carrying capacities.