The Cool Temperature Continental (Siberian) Climate

Economic

Trapping

• Many fur-bearing animals are trapped in northerly lands of Canada and Eurasia.
• Wherever the cold is severe, the quality and thickness of the fur increases.
• The most severe winters produce the finest furs.
• In Canada trappers and hunters, armed with automatic rifles, reside in log cabins in the midst of the coniferous forests to track down these animals.
• Muskrat, ermine, mink, and silver fox are the most important fur-bearing animals.
• To ensure a more regular supply of furs many fur farms have been established in Canada and Siberia.
• In Siberia other fur-bearing animals are trapped. These are squirrels, otters, bears, sables, lynxes, ....