The Economics of Trapping - Past and Present | Trapped in the Past Part Two

In partnership with The Fur-Bearers, we are pleased to present Part Two of the Trapped in the Past documentary series! Trapped in the Past Part Two: The Economics of Trapping - Past and Present explores Canada's history with the trapping industry, its place in today's society, and the economic, environmental, and cultural sustainability of trapping. After this episode, you will be able to answer the question: does commercial trapping have a place in today’s society?
Trapped in the Past exposes Canada's cruel, archaic, unethical and unnecessary commercial trapping industry with current science, hard-hitting research and dynamic interviews with some of the world's leading experts on trapping, including trappers and wildlife biologists such as Gilbert Proulx and Carter Niemeyer. Our goal with the Trapped In the Past series is to equip you with the information you need to speak out on behalf of Canada's fur-bearers like wolves, beavers, lynx and foxes to enable a comprehensive trapping reform that includes a ban on snares across the country.
Please help us get the word out by sharing this, commenting below, and liking it (even if you DON'T like what you learn in the video!).
To learn more and get involved head to www.trappedinthepast.com

[@trishmarie7739]

I'm so glad that word about the cruelty of trapping is becoming more widely known through excellent documentaries like this.

[@kathleenriley2299]

This is an amazing film. I thought I didn't need to watch it....but I learned so much!!! Thank you FurBearers for this, and all you do!!!!

[@kathleenriley2299]

This is an amazing film. I thought I didn't need to watch it....but I learned so much!!! Thank you Fur Bearers for this, and all you do!!!!

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

So glad you learned something! Don't forget to share 🙏

[@lynnerousomlee6581]

Excellent film!

[@user-vx2gl1hd9s]

Thank you so much for this informative and well done film!

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

You're so welcome!

[@user-ne3xo8ih7o]

So well done!!!! Thank you! thank you! thank you!! Can not wait for part 3! Finally the TRUTH!!!!!!!

[@bradleycoles8273]

TRUTH is you are being misled with lies !

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thank you so much!! We’re happy to finally be getting the truth out there.

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

@@bradleycoles8273thanks for your perspective, we’re not expecting to change many trappers minds, as most of you have lived with a false narrative surrounding trapping your whole lives. Our plan is instead to educate the people that simply don’t know this is going on in our forests.

[@bradleycoles8273]

If you want to Educate people about what is going on in the forest start by telling the truth, don't mislead people with one-sided foolish remarks.@@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy

[@RichardBirchett]

Although shocking, it's another great production with some really interesting statistical based information, it's not hard to see why this needs to be stopped! The vast majority of pelts are sent overseas, it would be interesting to find out which countries these appeal to most. Really sad times but understand that the indigenous people still do this for their way of life, which is fair to a degree as long as it's not on a commercial basis, I would imagine it wouldn't have any great impact on numbers overall, unlike the larger trapping communities. R

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thank you for watching the episode and for sharing! The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards (AIHTS) is an agreement between the European Community, Canada, and Russia to facilitate fur-trade between these parties. Beyond this, Canadian-sourced fur is sold globally, mainly to China, Greece, Italy, Russia, and South Korea. However, China and Russia are the two largest buyers of fur. With the demand for fur fashion declining across the globe, there is only one remaining fur auction house in North America, the Fur Harvesters Auction. You can learn more about this in our free educational database on trapping here: www.exposedwildlifeconservancy.org/knowledge-base/trapping.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much for the information and for commenting back. I will take a look at it, I've a willingness to help and learn more about this since moving to Canada. More than happy to share and if I can do anything else to spread the word please let me know. Regards Rich @@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy

[@palco87]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing and for your effort!

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thank you for watching and for your support!

[@mitchdecock9956]

This is an open and shut case. It’s bizarre we still permit commercial trapping.

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

There’s definitely some major change that needs to take place

[@tabbypressNorrieFranko]

an amazing piece of work. The research and time spent in this project must have been enormous. So nice to see Kim, please say hi for me. Special praise to whoever does your trailers and puts all this together. Goose bumps as the intro started and at the end. ( I can't remember the last time something has affected me as much) Great work choosing music, as well as placing images and clips together in an emotional attention getter.

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

@tabbypressNorrieFranko thank you, we will pass that along to Kim!

[@bradleycoles8273]

Kim, we got Tabby on the hook let's see how much we can bleed out of her...lol@@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy

[@debbiewall2160]

The animals don't care who is causing their suffering. They only know that they are and they want it to end. Before Europeans invaded and brought with them their horrific steel traps, indigenous people were using deadfalls to kill fur-bearers. I have to question what is truly "traditional." When I was I kid, Grey Owl was one of my heroes. I now know that title belongs to his Mohawk wife Anahereo who witnessed the suffering of animals in traps and convinced her husband to transition from being a trapper to conservationist.

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@repenney]

The death-knell for trapping has been sounded, with some heavy lifting done by The Fur-Bearers, Born Free, CASH, PDI, Respect for Animals, and literally thousands of activists in and out of the trenches. And who can forget this breathtaking PSA by Lynx in 1985: kzbin.info/www/bejne/innblX2Jic6Nqqcsi=X-2dbvSXMeZ9aWcm

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thank you for sharing this additional information!

[@thomasjcorson7502]

Yes i trap on my homestead to protect our livestock and will continue to do so i have the pelts made in different things Furbearers are a renewable resource

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Thomas, there’s a lot of interesting science showing that trapping and hunting actually increases livestock conflict. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t deal with conflict when it happens, but there are other more effective measures to prevent depredation than trapping.

[@thomasjcorson7502]

@@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy Ya I don't believe that because I haven't trapped for yrs just started again because of predators killing my free range poultry and lambs

[@felishaelion2440]

P r o m o S M 💘

[@pennyontrack]

Predator control not even mentioned. How do you keep wolf and coyote numbers in check ?

[@thatguyComstock]

Mother nature has been doing that since the beginning of time. Desire a more modern example? Okay, national parks- where there is no trapping- have no disjointed ratios of predators.

[@repenney]

It's called "self-control". Something trappers exhibit none of; they simply cannot control themselves.

[@Mountain_addictions]

@pennyontrack , they’ve never had their deer heards dwindle to nothing, (not that that would know it to see it), they’ve never had to tell their kids, that their family dog got torn apart in the front yard by a coyote, they’ve never walked a wintering moose range in the spring, to see a boneyard of destruction by wolves. They’ve never seen, a cow and calf moose, forced onto and through the thin ice by wolves, struggling to keep afloat, the only thing keeping them breathing is their chins clinching onto the ice, which finally breaks away, so they struggle again, until they slowly drown away. These are voices of very uneducated people, in the real world of trapping. They have zero sense when it comes to predator management, trapping, or why we do it. The only people this video is fooling, are the uneducated, a degree in school, means nothing on a trapline. There are far more biologists around here that support predator management, then what are in this video, it’s easy to cherry pick one with a soft heart, to spew on something they know nothing about, except what they read in books, you know what they say about book smart… There is plenty of study’s done supporting predator management. We’ve had a wolf cull running 3 years now, finally, our moose and deer are making a little bit of a come back. As I commented on the last poorly done video, you’re going to have to do better than this.

[@bradleycoles8273]

Thats because the predatore that wander outside the park are kept in check.@@thatguyComstock

[@bradleycoles8273]

They will never mention the truth about trapping and the role it plays in keeping the predators in balance, that hurts their bottom line, which is to mislead people in to donating money for their cause.

[@KimberleyPhilipsen-vz3zy]

I would be interested in seeing the literature, or data or studies used to form the basis of the information portrayed here, is this factual or is this a doc based on opinion of people looking to push an agenda? Genuinely curious. Critical thinking requires evidence. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

Check out trappedinthepast.com and all of the links shown in this episode each time data is displayed. This is all from public data readily available to anyone.

[@bradleycoles8273]

Notice how he is always referring to his videos, (Check out) each time someone views it he gets a pay percentage!. it's all a scam and a ploy to con people out of their hard earned money.

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

@@bradleycoles8273or maybe the videos are just full of real information you don’t want to hear!

[@bradleycoles8273]

I'm a Natural Resource Technician, by trade I Hunt, Fish and Trap, trust me your videos are full of real lies, and are misleading the general public. your goal is to take advantage of people who are not educated about the role trapping plays in wildlife Management. I see right through your intentions.@@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy

[@repenney]

An animal suffering in a trap requires "evidence"? "Critical thinking" presupposes that you can in fact "think".

[@DSt3wart]

An emotionally charged, misleading film appealing to the uneducated. SCIENCE NOT EMOTION

[@debbiewall2160]

Statistics are emotional? They were also very intentional about getting the information across without any "graphic imagery."

[@Mountain_addictions]

⁠​⁠@@debbiewall2160because they don’t have any graphic content to share, if they did, we both know it would spark a lot more attention to these videos and give them an actual leg to stand on, it would spark the attention of responsible trappers as well. What statistics are you referring to? There are no legit statistics mentioned in these videos. Facts yes, about down fur markets and clothing company’s not using fur garnets, those are facts only and hold no candle to the overall trapping industry. Animals being the number 1 priority, show us the statistics proving a decline in populations due to trapping?

[@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy]

@@Mountain_addictions unfortunately we have LOTS of graphic content, like some of what you probably missed in our very first trapping/snaring video four years ago (it’s here on our channel). As for the statistics, they speak for themselves. You can argue all you want, but I encourage you to check out our trapping series database at trappedinthepast.com for more. It’s all cited information with links.

[@bradleycoles8273]

You keep referring to your videos, tell me how much MONEY you are@@EXPOSEDWildlifeConservancy

[@shootingwithjake]

At the very least, you should come up with arguments or parts in the video for where there is a lack of information. References is made to data and statistics available to the public. Is it the data that is wrong?