RENO, Nev. - Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts. The fur's booming ...
Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th century when market hunters, for example, shot boatloads ...
The wooden box outside the Department of Natural Resources office is piled high with frozen carcasses. They are red and lean and sinewy. In the January dusk, they look as if they could be furless ...
DENVER, COLORADO, UNITED STATES, January 17, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Cats Aren’t Trophies (CATs) reacted to news that bobcat trappers illegally caught and killed ...
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has voted to allow bobcat trapping in 40 counties across the state. It has an issue that regulators have been debating since at least ...
Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th century when market hunters, for example, shot boatloads ...
Bobcat pelts now draw some of the highest prices among trapped furs, recently commanding as much as $550 for a single hide. As the price has gone up, the number of bobcat skins exported by the U.S.