Many in the fur trade now readily acknowledge that activists ... “they’re usually taken from their homes, trucked hundreds of miles to the slaughterhouse, and it’s bloody and horrific.

The strong structure would provide the home base for Astor’s far-ranging trappers and traders as they competed with the powerful North West Company which was owned and operated by Canadians. Astor's ...

Students are to conduct research to determine how the fur trade is regulated. They are to provide in-depth ... An ever-increasing human population displaces wildlife as more homes and businesses are ...

After negotiations failed, the Russians fired cannons on Koniag homes, destroying them ... A 1794 drawing of the Russian fur trading settlement on Kodiak. Click image for a larger view In 1799 ...

The underwool from the beaver pelts was used to make the beaver hat. The fur trade was based on the barter system and in the late 1700s a blanket was worth seven prime beaver pelts, a gun cost 14 ...

“Fur Trade Nation” is the first book to be published by Animikii ... Gawboy depicts one of his grandchildren with a graduation cap and gown Monday, at his home studio in Two Harbors. The scene, while ...

This confluence of interpretations coincided with the extinction and near extinction of many species (e.g., beaver, mink) through their increased hunting for the fur trade. We're probably talking mid- ...