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Trappers Rally as Fur Prices Jump in Nebraska
Nebraska fur trapping booms as prices rise. More than 6000 trapping licenses sold this season, up from about 1700 in 1972, with coon pelts fetching 20 to 30 dollars and mink coats reaching up to 5000 dollars. Game Commission biologist George Schildman notes foreign demand and supply influences, while Byars of Miller and Paine cautions against endangered species. The raccoon remains the state’s most trapped animal. protected-list history recalls coon conservation shifts in the 1930s and 1940s.
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