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Ontario Supporting the Important Contribution Made by Trappers

Government Provides Funding to Ontario Fur Managers Federation - Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
 
Ontario's Government for the People recognizes the important contribution the trapping industry makes to the province's economy and sustainable management of Ontario's wildlife.
 
John Yakabuski, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, announced that the government is investing $1.1 million in the Ontario Fur Managers Federation (OFMF) to support the administration of the Ministry's trapping education program and licence services for Ontario's trappers and trapping instructors.
 
"Trappers play a vital role in wildlife control in both rural and urban areas," said Minister Yakabuski. "Our government's investment will help the industry prosper and support jobs that benefit thousands of families across Ontario."
 
Trapping is an effective wildlife management tool for regulating population numbers of furbearer species such as coyotes, beavers and raccoons. Trappers also play an important role in reducing human-wildlife conflicts such as damage to property as a result of flooding caused by beavers, and loss of livestock from predation by wolves and coyotes.
 
"Trapping is culturally significant for many people across our province," said Minister Yakabuski. "For 400 years, the industry has used a plentiful natural resource in a sustainable and responsible manner."
 
Ontario's trapping regulations are considered among the strictest and most humane. The province's trapper licensing and education requirements help to ensure Ontario's compliance with international humane trapping standards.
Source : Ontario.Ca

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