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A fur trader in Fort Chipewyan, Northwest Territories in the 1890s
A fur shop in Tallinn, Estonia in 2019
Fur muff manufacturer's 1949 advertisement

The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern period, furs of boreal, polar and cold temperate mammalian animals have been the most valued. Historically the trade stimulated the exploration and colonization of Siberia, northern North America, and the South Shetland and South Sandwich Islands.

Today the importance of the fur trade has diminished; it is based on pelts produced at fur farms and regulated fur-bearer trapping, but has become controversial. Animal rights organizations oppose the fur trade, citing that animals are brutally killed and sometimes skinned alive.[1] Fur has been replaced in some clothing by synthetic imitations, for example, as in ruffs on hoods of parkas.

  1. ^ "Feature: A Shocking Look Inside Chinese Fur Farms". PETA.

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Fur trade

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The fur trade is a worldwide industry dealing in the acquisition and sale of animal fur. Since the establishment of a world fur market in the early modern...

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North American fur trade

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The North American fur trade is the (typically) historical commercial trade of furs and other goods in North America, predominantly in the eastern provinces...

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Maritime fur trade

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The maritime fur trade, a ship-based fur trade system, focused largely on acquiring furs of sea otters and other animals from the indigenous peoples of...

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Siberian fur trade

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fur trade is an exchange concerned with the gathering, buying and selling of valuable animal furs that originate from Siberia. The Siberian fur trade...

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The Fur Trade in Canada

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The Fur Trade in Canada: An Introduction to Canadian Economic History is a book written by Harold Innis covering the fur trade era in Canada from the early...

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Fur clothing

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Germany was the world's largest fur market. In 1975, the International Fur Trade Federation banned endangered species furs like silk monkey, silky sifaka...

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British Columbia

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With the amalgamation of the two fur trading companies in 1821, modern-day British Columbia existed in three fur trading departments. The bulk of the central...

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New France

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used primarily to draw from the wealth of natural resources such as furs through trade with the various indigenous peoples. In the seventeenth century, successful...

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Fur trade in Montana

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The fur trade in Montana was a major period in the area's economic history from about 1800 to the 1850s. It also represents the initial meeting of cultures...

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Mountain man

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improved by the mountain men and the big fur companies, originally to serve the mule train-based inland fur trade. Mountain men arose in a geographic and...

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Rabbit hair

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valuable today, although it was once a lower-priced commodity in the fur trade. The hair of a rabbit can be divided into three types: "longer, rectrix...

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Northern fur seal

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stable isotope analysis of Holocene fur seal bone collagen (δ13C and δ15N) indicates that before the maritime fur trade, it was more common for these animals...

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American Fur Company

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American fur trade. Expanding into many former British fur-trapping regions and trade routes, the company grew to monopolize the fur trade in the United...

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Rocky Mountain House

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Acton House fur trading posts. Trade with the local aboriginal peoples continued until 1821 when the companies merged, they continued to trade until 1875...

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California Fur Rush

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California's early fur trade, more than any other single factor, that opened up the West, and the San Francisco Bay Area in particular, to world trade. The massive...

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Coureur des bois

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part of the beginning of the fur trade in the North American interior. Initially they traded for beaver coats and furs. However, as the market grew,...

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Sable

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litters typically have two or three offspring. Sable fur has been highly valued in the fur trade since the early Middle Ages, and its popularity has driven...

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North West Company

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The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal from 1779 to 1821. It competed with increasing success against the Hudson's...

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Rocky Mountain Fur Company

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point, the fur trade had relied on Indians to do the actual trapping and hunting that produced the furs; they were then brought to trading posts where...

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Midwestern United States

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charge of the processing of the pelts necessary to the fur trade. Women were integral to the fur trade and their contributions were lauded, so much so that...

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Missouri River

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expansion of the United States during the 19th century. The growth of the fur trade in the early 19th century laid much of the groundwork as trappers explored...

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Fur farming

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related to Fur-farming. Fur is Green – Fur Council of Canada A Brief History of the Fur Trade – White Oak Society The Fur Industry – MSN Encarta Fur Farming...

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Oregon Trail

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American Fur Company (AFC) in 1810, the Pacific Fur Company (PFC) operated in the Pacific Northwest in the ongoing North American fur trade. Two movements...

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Trading post

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(trading post) Fur trade Karum (trade post) Navajo trading posts Panton, Leslie & Company Trading Post (newspaper) United States Government Fur Trade Factory...

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Fur seal

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Antarctic fur seals, Galapagos fur seals, Juan Fernandez fur seals, New Zealand fur seals, brown fur seals, South American fur seals, and subantarctic fur seals...

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Chinchilla

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limited recovery in some areas. Chinchilla fur trade on an international level goes back to the 16th century. Their fur is popular due to its extremely soft...

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Common raccoon dog

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range, and are invasive in Europe where they were introduced for the fur trade. The similar Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus, the tanuki)...

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John Jacob Astor

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real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in a fur trade monopoly, by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate...

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