The Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry has announced funding to support the trapping industry.

John Yakabuski says they’ve earmarked $1.1 million dollars to the Ontario Fur Managers Federation to admister the trapping education program and to provide licence services for trappers and trapping instructors.

Yakabuski says trappers play a vital role in wildlife control and the government wants to support the industry.

“Trapping is a huge part of Ontario’s economy and the culture too. We depnd on the Fur Managers Association to provide the knowledge, the educational programs and the licensing for the trappers,” he says.

The General Manager of the Ontario Fur Managers Federation is Robin Horwath.

He says they’ve been doing this work for over 2 decades.

“If we weren’t here to do this work for the government I don’t know who would be,” he says.

He says for over two decades they’ve been helping the ministry and he’s glad that work will continue including issuing harvest reports.

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