For the fur trappers, bobcats are the biggest prize. A high-quality bobcat fur coat can retail for up to $150,000. The species isn’t really at risk—the bigger problem is animal cruelty.

Ethical hunters eat what they kill. Bobcat trappers and hunters discard the meat and sell pelts, mostly for export to China and Russia. Yet the Sportsmen’s Alliance warns me that, after bobcat ...

RENO, Nev. - Bobcat fur coats have become a hot item among the fashion-conscious in Russia and China, leading to a big jump in prices and exports for the soft, spotted pelts.

Today the average bobcat pelt fetches $100. Ted Williams is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring conversation about the West.

Ethical hunters eat what they kill. Bobcat trappers and hunters discard the meat and sell pelts, mostly for export to China and Russia. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

Ethical hunters eat what they kill. Bobcat trappers and hunters discard the meat and sell pelts, mostly for export to China and Russia. Yet the Sportsmen’s Alliance warns me that, after bobcat t ...

Today the average bobcat pelt fetches $100. Ted Williams is a contributor to Writers on the Range (writersontherange.org), an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring conversation about the West.

Ethical hunters eat what they kill. Bobcat trappers and hunters discard the meat and sell pelts, mostly for export to China and Russia. “Trapping violates that model in every way. Bobcat ...

Ethical hunters eat what they kill. Bobcat trappers and hunters discard the meat and sell pelts, mostly for export to China and Russia. Yet the Sportsmen’s Alliance warns me that, after bobcat t ...

Unlike the rest of modern wildlife management, killing bobcats is unregulated, driven not by science but by fur prices. We’re stuck in the 19th century when market hunters, for example, shot boatloads ...