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THE BIGGEST TRAPPERS


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biggest trappers

The main nations involved in trapping are Russia, the USA and Canada...
  • USA (1999-2000): the total number of animals killed for the fur trade was about 7 to 8 million, out of which 2.8 million mink were raised and killed in intensive confinement ‘fur farms’ and 4-5 million were trapped in the wild.


  • Canada (1997 – 1998): 1,528,495 animal fur skins were sold from trapped wild animals (a value of US$ 20,618,669).
The main victims have been:
speciesn° trappedvalue US$
muskrat 581,264 1,380,483
beaver 311,135 7,396,325
marten 160,700 4,813,917
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