Trapping & Hunting Archives | Truth About Fur - The Blog! https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq-category/trapping-hunting/ Truth About Fur Blog – Research, opinions and analysis Sun, 16 Nov 2025 03:11:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.truthaboutfur.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TAFicon3-150x150.jpg Trapping & Hunting Archives | Truth About Fur - The Blog! https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq-category/trapping-hunting/ 32 32 Is fur an ethical clothing choice? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/is-fur-an-ethical-clothing-choice/ Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:51:11 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17086 Many factors influence whether a particular clothing choice may be considered to be ethically or morally acceptable.  They include: the...
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]]> Are animals skinned alive for fur? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/are-animals-skinned-alive-for-fur/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 19:52:06 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17087   Absolutely not. The only “evidence” for this often repeated claim is a horrific video on the internet. Produced by...
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]]> Does trapping endanger species? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/does-trapping-endanger-species/ Sat, 26 Mar 2022 19:53:16 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17089   Ryan & Minette Kole, trappers (British Columbia, Canada): That’s pretty well impossible with today’s strict, government-regulated trapping seasons and...
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]]> How are fur animals trapped in the wild? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/how-are-fur-animals-trapped-in-the-wild/ Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:57:26 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17095 Two main types of trapping system are used in North America: quick-killing traps and restraining traps (live-capture). Quick-killing systems: From...
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]]> Are steel-jawed leghold traps still used in North America? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/are-steel-jawed-leghold-traps-still-used-in-north-america/ Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:58:16 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17096   Traditional steel-jawed foothold or leghold traps with jagged metal “teeth” have not been used in North America for many...
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]]> Why do we need foothold traps? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/why-do-we-need-foothold-traps/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 19:58:54 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17097   While quick-killing traps are still usually preferable, from a humane perspective (because no wild animal wants to be restrained),...
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]]> Are foothold traps humane? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/are-foothold-traps-humane/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:59:41 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17098 Historically, leg-holding devices were used to trap animals and many were not considered humane; steel leghold traps were known to...
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]]> How are trapped animals killed? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/how-are-trapped-animals-killed/ Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:00:37 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17099   Most wild furbearers – over 90 per cent, in Canada – are now killed virtually instantly in quick-killing traps....
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]]> How do we know only targeted animals are captured? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/how-do-we-know-only-targeted-animals-are-captured/ Sun, 13 Mar 2022 20:02:10 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17102   Modern trappers have a range of techniques to ensure that only the furbearing animals they are targeting will be...
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]]> What happens to the rest of the trapped animal after the fur has been taken? https://www.truthaboutfur.com/faq/what-happens-to-the-rest-of-the-trapped-animal-after-the-fur-has-been-taken/ Sat, 12 Mar 2022 21:02:47 +0000 https://truthaboutfur.com/?post_type=faq&p=17103   For aboriginal and other trappers living far from urban centers, beaver and other wild furbearers provide food as well...
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