Fine furs are back in style in high California
Fur-bearing animals just as fine as mink for the most part
Nutria are trapped for their fur. Classifying them as vermin or pests or non-native species ensures that it is legal for non-native or white people to trap them in California.
Someone may have maliciously caused a huge rodent invasion in California
The state’s multimillion-dollar war on nutria continues.
Ariana Bindman
La Brea Tar Pits receives largest-ever donation toward new Ice Age research center as part of campus makeover
Thanks to its largest-ever donation, the La Brea Tar Pits will now house the Samuel Oschin Global Center for Ice Age Research.
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Some ice age research is questionable. There are dead and stuffed animals or mock-ups of animals intended to instill an appropriate fear of the outdoors in city children.