FCC - Wildlife Management

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Even without the fur trade, trapping would be necessary worldwide to help control wildlife over-population.

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An example of the fur trade's commitment to responsible practices is the Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards. The Fur Institute of Canada's trap research and development program provided the scientific basis for these standards, which are now being adopted by all the major fur-producing nations and the European Union. Jointly funded by the Canadian Government and the International Fur Trade Federation, this important program ensures that animal welfare priorities are addressed in a practical way when animals are taken for food, fur or wildlife management programs.

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In nature, each plant and animal species generally produces more offspring than the land can support to maturity. Therefore, trapping is necessary worldwide to control wildlife over-population and the spread of disease or to protect farm land and natural habitat. If some animals must be culled, it makes ecological and ethical sense to make use of the fur, food and other products those animals provide. The goal is to live on the "interest" nature produce each year without depleting our environmental "capital". Modern conservationists define this as the sustainable use of renewable resources.

Aboriginal people call it "the circle of life".

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Worldwide, the fur industry is an excellent example of an industry based on sustainable use of renewable natural resourcres. Furs used by the trade are abundant. Absolutely no endangered species are used. In the Canadian fur trade, government wildlife officials and biologists ensure responsible use by establishing controlled seasons for hunting and trapping, as well as harvest quotas, licensing, and training courses for trappers. Strict government regulations ensure that these quotas and seasons are respected.

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Beaver and muskrat alone make up more than one-half of the wild furs used in the Canadian fur trade, and these species are believed to probably be as abundant as when Europeans first arrived in Canada. In many regions, raccoons, coyotes and foxes are more abundant than they have ever been.

Photography by Luc Farrell, for Photographie animalière

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But controls on the fur trade don't just stop at the Canadian border. Both the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), with 145 member countries, and the World Conservation Union (IUCN) - of which the Fur Institute of Canada and the International Fur Trade Federation are members - work to monitor and control trade and threatened or endangered species. They have demonstrated that we can conserve the world's natural resources and ensure sustainable use through international cooperation.