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Fur trapping revival drives Texas multimillion industry
The Parks and Wildlife Department says rising prices for synthetic clothing and strong overseas demand have revived fur trapping in Texas turning it into a multimillion dollar business. It notes earlier forecasts in 1970 that trapline work could fade like the blacksmith era and Ice man era due to low fur prices urbanized youth and synthetic replacements, but two to three years earlier costs of fur farms and higher petroleum product prices boosted trapping again.
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