Animal trapping#Fur trapper

A Trapper (of English. Trap " trap" ) is a trapper and fur - hunters. The term is primarily used for the trappers of North America that were active mainly during the first half of the 19th century during the last heyday of the fur trade in North America. Most skins were exported for fur garments to Europe. Also at that time were in Europe hats from beaver hair, called Kastorhüte, very fashionable. The North American trappers, such as John Colter and Jim Bridger, contributed significantly to the exploration of unknown territories. The hunt was partially operated so ruthlessly that in many places single species of fur animals were either completely eradicated or at least greatly endangered. With the introduction of fur farming, and later by changing fashion and therefore falling fur prices, the significance of trapping from considerably.

Even today there are in Canada and Alaska still about 200,000 trappers who live mostly only temporarily and as a sideline from trapping. Meanwhile, many animal species have been wholly or partly made ​​or even newly resettled under protection, in particular in Canada hunting and fishing by state authorities to monitor. For several years, the worldwide demand for furs again, so that the catcher for the Trapper worth more again.

Movies

• The Last Trapper