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Fur‑bearer policy, commercial fur‑sale petition draw sustained public comment
Summary
Multiple commenters urged the Parks and Wildlife Commission to modernize fur‑bearer management and to consider a citizen petition to ban commercial sale of wild fur; staff said the working group focused on management and data collection and that the commercial‑sale petition would proceed through commission consideration.
A substantial portion of Nov. 14 public comment focused on fur‑bearer policy and a pending citizen petition to ban commercial sale of wild fur.
Rainer Gerbache and several other speakers argued that unregulated trapping and commercial sale of wild fur are not consistent with science‑based management and called for suspending aspects of trapping until a transparent review is complete. Jennifer Clanahan (Colorado Nature League) said she participated in the fur‑bearer stakeholder working group and that the commercial‑sale…
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