Best Management Practices for Trapping Furbearers in the United States

• Published in: Wildlife monographs Vol. 207; no. 1; pp. 3 - 59
• Main Authors: White, H. Bryant, Batcheller, Gordon R., Boggess, Edward K., Brown, Clifford L., Butfiloski, Joseph W., Decker, Thomas A., Erb, John D., Fall, Michael W., Hamilton, David A., Hiller, Tim L., Hubert, George F., Lovallo, Matthew J., Olson, John F., Roberts, Nathan M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2021
• Subjects: animal welfare; best management practices; BMPs; cage trap; capture efficiency; conservation; foothold trap; footsnare; foot‐encapsulating trap; furbearer management; furbearers; injury score; restraining device; trap selectivity; trapping

ABSTRACT Humans have used wild furbearers for various purposes for thousands of years. Today, furbearers are sustainably used by the public for their pelts, leather, bones, glands, meat, or other purposes. In North America, contemporary harvest of furbearers has evolved along with trap technologies...