Before shipping a bear, it should be washed of all stains, and dried well so it won’t get mouldy when it’s being shipped. He says the “big and beautiful” trophy bears get the best price internationally. The Fur Harvesters Auction kept any bear hides it knew it could sell for at least the advance money.įerguson says the auction is still accepting Nunavut hides to sell on behalf of hunters, but he recommends being picky about which bear you send. “That drove the market crazy for two or three years.” Auction still accepting Nunavut hides They hate the fact that they are killed and sold,” he said. The world did not want us to sell a polar bear to anybody. “Everybody thought that they were going to stop us trading in them. When they’re kept in storage for a long time, even at the right temperature, the untanned furs do get course because the hairs gets hollow the longer a skin dries, he said.Īnother set of those hides are in good shape, he said, but couldn’t be sold internationally because they were hunted during the early 2000s when some Nunavut bears were banned from export for political reasons.įerguson says bear prices were high around the same time, because there were concerns that selling polar bears would become illegal. (Ashley Burke/CBC)įerguson guessed that many of the hides sent back to the territory will be hard to use whole. Joe Savikataaq, Nunavut’s premier and minister of environment, says hunters should sell their bears privately while the market remains low. “Let’s keep our traditions and culture sustainable, and use this global downturn to benefit our communities instead,” Savikataaq said. That’s why bear skins that hunters don’t want will be sold to the public or given to non-profits for community use. The Fur Harvesters Auction is sending them back because, under its contract with the government of Nunavut, the bears can’t be sold at a loss. Ferguson says, many of the untanned bear hides are no longer worth that much. Hunters can get their bears by giving back the advance the government paid them for the hide in the first place.īut the advance could have been up to $3,000. MLAs have often asked Savikataaq about the bear hides, saying their constituents want to be paid for the bears, or get them back. Paid for, or given backīecause of low prices and low demand at auction, the department is telling hunters to sell their polar bear hides privately, or to keep them for traditional use. “By reclaiming the backlog of hides from Fur Harvesters Auction, we ensure that Nunavut polar bear hides do not degrade in quality simply to sit in storage,” Savikataaq said in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. Premier Joe Savikataaq, who is also the environment minister, and says the skins shouldn’t be abandoned. Many of the bears coming home are under that benchmark, he said. But anything under that eight foot level is very hard to sell,” Ferguson said. Anything nine feet and up you can sell very readily as long as they’re decent quality. When that market fell, buyers stopped looking for small bears. The territory says it’s about 235 hides.Ī quality polar bear hide used to sell for between $12,000 and $20,000, but now a large and high grade hide goes for $5,000 at the most, says Edwin Ferguson, a fur technician. The return comes after the Fur Harvesters Auction in North Bay, Ont., accumulated a stock of around 300 untanned Nunavut polar bear hides that it couldn’t sell. (John Last/CBC) Over 200 polar bear hides are on their way home to Nunavut from an Ontario auction house where they have been stuck in storage - some for up to a decade. The Nunavut government is bringing unsellable bear hides back to the territory from an Ontario auction house that had around 300 in storage. Style with a denim mini skirt, or straight leg jeans and a simple T-shirt for a casual-cool look.A polar bear hide decorates a central table in the hamlet council chamber in Kugaaruk, Nunavut. The slightly muted, yet fresh colours make this silhouette perfect for spring and summer. Puma branding is present throughout: The Formstripe wraps around from the back down both the inner and outer lateral sides The Puma symbol is embroidered onto the toe tag in a deep aubergine purple Puma is stamped onto the heel tab for easy slip on and off. Covered in pastel pink, aubergine, grey and off-white tones, these are a SS19 staple.Ī layered chunky sole lies underfoot, giving you comfort, support and and that all-important stompy shoe effect. Crafted from smooth leather layered on top of perforated mesh, these trainers are comfy and colourful. Here we take a closer look at the Puma Thunder Spectra in Pink – a pretty take on the chunky shoe trend.īring chunky retro vibes with this oversized silhouette featuring sweet pink hues.
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