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9437
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When the first English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island in 1584, they found tidelands teeming with muskrats. Long before that, Native Americans had been using the animal for food and clothing. Wilson discusses its present range in North Carolina, life history, management, predators, and competitors. Fur dealers also trap the muskrat, and in the 1974-75 trapping season, muskrat peltries made up 25 cents of every dollar in the North Carolina fur trade.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 40 Issue 11, Nov 1976,
p13-15, il
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15342
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Walter Abner Gibbs endeavored to make a fortune by breeding, raising, and skinning muskrats. He purchased 3,000 acres of marshes along the Currituck County coast to expand his pelt business which already included a 700 acre farm in Maryland. Muskrat pelts used to make Hudson Seal fur coats brought $2 a pelt in 1938.
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30106
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Mink coats are the biggest trend, but mink are in short supply compared to demand. Therefore, dyed muskrat is being used to meet the need. Labeled as 'simulated mink,' the pelts easily look like mink, and there has become a demand for the meat as well.
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