trapper
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First, I had raccoons, which we extracted with help from a trapper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
“A lot of these hunting theories I call anecdotal,” said Carter Niemeyer, a retired federal and professional wildlife trapper who has used scents to lure animals for north of six decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Officers would now have a criteria to ensure the angler, hunter or trapper is fulfilling their residency requirement, she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
“New Yorkers have no idea how difficult it is to be a street cat,” said Rachel Adams, a cat trapper for Flatbush Cats and a clinical psychologist at Kingsboro Psychiatric Center.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
I was now dressed and equipped as a trapper, and told them that I was trying to catch up with Mavriva’s outfit, which had gone north in the last days of Grende.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The presence of wolves in California poses a fresh and complex challenge for state wildlife authorities after hunters and trappers pushed the population to extinction around a century ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The other is the sea otter, which was wiped out of Oregon waters by fur trappers more than 100 years ago.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Wardens and trappers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and a trapper for El Dorado County responded and found the mountain lion, the sheriff’s office said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
They are still sometimes caught inadvertently by trappers targeting other fur-bearing animals.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 29, 2023
In 1898, prospecting led him to a nearly vacant trail crossing that the trappers called Edmonton, where he found that the soil was the perfect medium for making brick.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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