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Sentence Examples No one knows just how many wolves were killed by government scientists or by Inuit hunters who prized wolf pelts for parka trim. A person who has obtained the appropriate license and permit may transport green pelts of furbearers. The bulky pelts had all been sold, exchanged for silver with passing merchants who would in turn take them to a furrier. Jay had been working as a furrier in Glasgow but he contracted an allergy off the pelts. It's not just that pelts and plumes are exotic, strikingly patterned or richly textured. Chinese farmers hope to earn big profits selling fox pelts into the Russian and Chinese markets. The elimination of sea otters for their pelts allowed explosions of sea urchins that ate all the kelps. The likelihood is that the pelts of the rabid foxes have been sold to furriers. Three or four shops openly sell endangered-species pelts, one place baldly calling itself the Snow Leopard Shop. Their big shaggy komondor sheepdogs with matted dreadlock pelts stayed close at heel. Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur. But manufacturers still use up to two coney rabbit pelts to make each of the new-style hats. From the early 1620s, coastal Indians supplied wampum to Dutch traders who exchanged it with inland natives for beaver pelts. It can be made from a variety of pelts and hides including leather, sealskin, mink, racoon, rabbit or pigskin in hundreds of different styles. Well Kayne's waistcoat was made out of several native Australian animals, possibly possum, wombat, kangaroo and wallaby pelts, all sewn together. The Croatian currency is the kuna, apparently named after a small furry animal like a stoat or weasel, the pelts of which used to be traded. He handed the Huronian Native the promised items and received the soft beaver pelts, placing them with the rest from that day. It had fresco brick wall sides peaking upward as if inside a tent, there were tanned pelts of animal skins as tapestries on the wall. The Ice Age was survived largely due to the ability to skin with fine flint scrapers and preserve pelts and hides. The rains began to pour down in heavy pelts, in huge droplets, the cows mooing a nervous call loud over the plateau. Show More Sentences The beaver pelts were used to make felt hats for European noblemen and merchants alike. As the bus pelts past scattered dwellings on a dead straight road, I'm reminded of home. As the bus pelts towards Paramaribo past scattered dwellings on a dead straight road, I'm reminded of home. As rain pelts down onto the windshield, Tommy drives slowly towards their destination. He earned just enough for supplies by trapping animals and selling their pelts. Wampum was prized by the Indians and used by the Europeans as currency in exchange for beaver pelts. But humans also were smart enough to develop the ability to kill furry animals and use their pelts for clothing to be warmer. When the first European settlers docked their ships here they weren't only enticed by beaver pelts. Today, they are raised as pets, for meat, pelts and wool, and for medical research. Jay had been working as a furrier in Glasgow but he contracted a skin disease off the pelts. Bengals, because they have pelts and not coats like domestic cats, shed very little, and cause less allergic reactions. Denizens of coastal waters in the Pacific, sea otters were pursued for centuries for their thick, soft pelts. Extremely poor prices for nutria pelts have resulted in very little trapping activity. Opposite the fireplace, a bulky dark wood bed was draped in dark blue velvet covers and snowy white fur pelts, its sheets thrust to one side. In the past few years, inventories have been high and prices for seal pelts low. Courteous traders offered skins and pelts, robes and carpets. Indeed, meat and pelts are a resource, but rabbits also destroy crops. In her brown hide robes she looked almost like a pile of animal pelts left heaped in the center of the room, but the sporadic rise and fall of her chest proved otherwise. In another field, the decision to ban the import of seal pelts is not based on grounds of health either, but of animal welfare. Humans continue to illegally harvest Pteronura brasiliensis for pelts. Show More Sentences As fashion has readmitted fur, designers have continued to steer clear of old-fashioned pelts, preferring to woo fur virgins with fitch, wolf and coyote. Their big shaggy sheepdogs with matted pelts stayed close at heel. The defendants used a solvent in degreasing pelts at their tannery, which was located 1.3 miles from the plaintiffs borehole from which water was extracted for domestic use. The time of year that the animal was killed has a bearing on how well the hair stays in the skin, making trapping in the winter the best time to hunt for pelts. There are many things we can do whether we think we're going to sell the pelts in the world or not. The primary market for seal oil and pelts is Europe, while the main market for meat remains in Asia. The test material is applied for up to 24 hours to the epidermal surfaces of skin discs taken from the pelts of humanely killed young rats. Before hitting our first night's camp, we visit a man training a magnificent eagle to hunt foxes, whose pelts are highly prized by Russians for coats and hats. Negotiations are continuing on a deal that could see toll processing of pelts and a rationalization of the southern meat processors' fellmongering operation. The first exploration of Canada's interior was for the purpose of finding beaver pelts to satisfy the obsession with fur coats by the European elite. Animal pelts have probably been exchanged in North America since the beginning of human habitation, but large-scale fur trade began only after the arrival of Europeans. Each year, hundreds of thousands of baby harp seals are slaughtered on the ice fields off Canada's east coast for their pelts. Even at its zenith in the mid-20th century, mink had few rivals, with only sable and the pelts of big cats bestowing anywhere near the same prestige. A strong subsistence harvest has continued, but there is no longer a substantial harvest of seals for the commercial sale of pelts. But, the golden years of fur trading came to an end around 1936 when the price of pelts dropped. He anoints them with water, pelts them with rocks, and burns Asian bank notes inside the craniums before covering them with Mardi Gras beads and found objects. One night, some guests spent the night there, sleeping on reindeer pelts. It is possible that ranching may one day provide a considerable number of the pelts that enter trade, as is now the case with mink and fox. Young harp seals provide the most valuable pelts and market conditions are stronger for this type of pelt. It explains trapping fox, amd how to prepare the bait, the traps or snares,the pelts, and describes the tools of the trade. Show More Sentences Teach children to prepare wild game, setting up camp, drying fur pelts and gathering traditional medicines. It will revisit old kills to consume frozen bones and pelts when it cannot find other food. This is also where they encountered missionaries and exchanged their pelts with Hudson's Bay Company traders. The markets involved are the Nordic countries for meat, Europe for pelts and Asia for aphrodisiacs and medicines. Lying alone in a tiny cavern barely large enough to shelter one person, I listen as the wind rustles through the grasses and the rain pelts the sandy soil. During the fur boom of the 1920s, the market value of arctic fox pelts was high, and arctic fox ranches were established. Through the swirling snow, a woman raggedly dressed in animal pelts begins her slow journey to save the life of a man who is freezing to death. An ulu is a type of round knife used by Inuit women to prepare food and clean animal pelts. The Inuit eat seal meat and use the pelts for clothing, and some still use seal oil in lamps. When they collapsed it seemed that a life of fishing and harvesting pelts beckoned for the country's more sophisticated inhabitants. Normally, the glossier, smoother pelts from female bears are used for officers' bearskins, while other ranks are given hats made from the rougher pelt of the male animals. Ringed seals are harvested for food, dog food and for pelts for handicrafts and clothing. In addition to the pelts, which have been the main commodity, the oil and meat are increasingly valuable. The killing of whitecoat seals is prohibited, and so is the sale of their pelts. Hence odors reduction, and accidents reduction due to over storages of chemicals or pelts is achieved. The exact determination of the weight of the pelts would allow a better control of the water and chemicals to be added. Specialty hair fibres are gathered by hunting or domesticating the animals for their pelts or by periodic collecting of fleece from live animals. Markets for seal pelts are subject to significant variation from one year to the next. The shield is adorned in vair, a medieval fur derived from squirrel pelts and stylized in heraldry with an alternating blue and white pattern representing the back and belly. Snow leopard pelts can still be purchased in downtown Kabul. Show More Sentences You add their pelts into the deal and buy the sword. Europe's fur farms produce over 30m mink and fox pelts a year. At this stage pelts would have been completely cleaned. Soon European and American merchants were exchanging clothing, glass beads and steel knives for sea otter pelts and a range of Haida goods, such as canoes, carved bowls and spoons, and painted storage boxes. This seal, which in ancient and medieval mythology was believed to possess great magical power, consisted of two animal pelts fastened with a rivet in the middle. Settlers traded for food and animal pelts, natives for guns, ammunition and other European wares. In Finland squirrel pelts were used as currency in ancient times, before the introduction of coinage. Otters have been hunted for their pelts from at least the 1700s, although it may have begun well before then. Hunters have decimated the populations of tigers, leopards, and other large cats for their valuable pelts. The Dutch depended on the indigenous population to capture, skin, and deliver pelts to them, especially beaver. Fur is also used to refer to animal pelts which have been processed into leather with the hair still attached. The manufacturing of fur clothing involves obtaining animal pelts where the hair is left on the animal's processed skin. The town is largely reliant on farming of reindeer, hunting for pelts, and fishing. The sea otter pelts they brought, soon judged to be the finest fur in the world, would spark Russian settlement in Alaska. Hair sheep are similar to the early domesticated sheep kept before woolly breeds were developed, and are raised for meat and pelts. As early as 1600, French, Dutch, and English traders began exploring the New World, trading metal, glass, and cloth for local beaver pelts. Wolf pelts were worth plenty of money in the late nineteenth century, and the wolfers had an easy way of killing their prey. Known as karakul hats, they're made from lamb pelts and are traditionally worn in northern Afghanistan. Seal pups are hunted for their blue and black pelts and many mothers are killed in the process, attempting to protect their young. The native people of North America made much use of beaver pelts, tanning and sewing them together to make robes. Show More Sentences Kas is awakened by the furious pelts of rain hitting the tin roof, and he rolls over, pulling his sleeping wife tightly into his arms. Many expeditions to the Pacific Northwest were not interested in charting: they wanted to collect pelts, sail across the Pacific to China, trade for tea, silk, porcelain, and spices, and sail home to cash in their fortune. With respect to the sale of pelts, the Government of Canada will take the Committee's recommendation under advisement and will raise this with stakeholders in forthcoming consultations. The Plateau people fashioned canoes from the area's pine and cottonwood, and traded copper, jadeite, and herbs to the coast Indians for otter pelts, oolichan oil and decorative baskets. The mask would have been danced in a costume combining sumptuous woven loincloths, a product of the civilised world, with pelts of animal skins, associated with the occult world of the forest. We move away from the sealers and film the helicopter from the Grand Makasti as he flys to and fro with large piles of pelts dripping blood hanging from a rope. As the mammae are on the back, almost the only part of the nutria pelt used is the belly fur and, for this reason, when preparing the pelts and skinning the animal, the incision is made along the back. The matter went before the Courts and on December 14, 1999 the Newfoundland Court of Appeal struck down s. 27 of the Marine Mammal Regulations, which makes it an offence to buy, sell, or trade blueback seal pelts. After leaving school, he held threadbare jobs, including fur nailer's apprentice, helping to stretch pelts on boards before they were cut and sewn. The main objective of the soaking step is to reverse the curing process, by rehydrating, cleaning and preparing the pelts to accept the different chemical and nonchemical agents added at subsequent stages. The chinchilla has a soft and silky coat and the demand for its fur was so high that it was nearly wiped out in the wild before farming took over as the main source of pelts. Their pelts are used for trimmings, scarfs, muffs, jackets and coats. For now the boys grew whiskers and hung fox pelts from their shoulders and the girlen all wore scarlet skirts and braided ribbons through their hair. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals, or as model organisms for science. During the 17th century, Dutch trading posts established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape, Iroquois, and other tribes were founded in the colony of New Netherland. There has been a long history of otter pelts being worn around the world. Examples from Classical Literature As goatskins are so tight fibred, a longer liming and a greater loss of collagen is permissible than with most pelts for chrome. I was just getting mad thinking I was only fit for the open summer trail, chasing up pelts with a bunch of these doper neches. We put in the winter there, furring, and every time he came home from the round of traps, he'd sell me all the pelts. And the Kiondiker threw down his pelts and nuggets as dross, and let his jaw fall half-way, and stared at her. Cat pelts are considered exotic species, while the three mainstays in the fur trade business here are beaver, raccoon and muskrat. The cabin reeked of corn-pone and bacon, and the odor of pelts. The sweetest-scented grasses lined her bower where other soft, furry pelts made hers the downiest couch in all the jungle. And then he strewed the table with the nuggets, stuffed ptarmigans, bead work and seal pelts of the returned Kiondiker, and began to prate to us of his millions. 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