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. |
Their big shaggy komondor sheepdogs with matted dreadlock pelts stayed close at heel. |
Three or four shops openly sell endangered-species pelts, one place baldly calling itself the Snow Leopard Shop. |
Although demand is no longer as high, raccoon pelts may still be sold as imitation mink, otter, or seal fur. |
The bulky pelts had all been sold, exchanged for silver with passing merchants who would in turn take them to a furrier. |