Style & Design Your Next Cowboy Hat Might Be Made of Swamp Rat As beaver becomes harder to come by, suppliers and hatters are exploring a more sustainable (but less cute) option: nutria.

While some products would be exempted, like leather, sheepskin and wool, as well as secondhand fur items, the ban would apply to beaver fur. “Very few cowboy hats actually use fur.

Fur trapper hats, part of Alaska State Trooper and police uniforms across the state, draw inspiration from the work of Alaska Native skin sewers.

The Denver Fur Ban that’s on the ballot sounds simple enough, but opponents point to potential unintended consequences for fly-fishing shops, hat makers and Native American traditions.

Each year Alaska State Troopers buy about 50 fur hats as part of Interior and Western Alaska troopers' uniforms, with more sought in a recent request.

Leila Philip’s fascination with beavers was unexpected. As she recounts in her new book, “Beaverland,” it all began with a community of beavers near her home in Woodstock, Conn. She became ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading home on Monday, most likely with gifts from his Russian hosts including a rifle, a cosmonaut's glove, and military drones - which on their own are a ...

/ Live news Russia sanctions cripple Greek fur industry Kastoriá (Greece) (AFP) – In a large exhibition hall in northern Greece, Russian women would once strike a pose in a gold throne-like ...

TYRANT Kim Jong Un wears a Russian fur hat as he is greeted by war-monger Vladimir Putin’s defence minister. The North Korean despot shook hands with Sergei Shoigu in 22C heat at Russian port ...

Kim received a fur hat from Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Vladivostok, where he inspected Russian nuclear bombers, fighter jets equipped with hypersonic missiles and a warship.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety is shopping for some distinctly Northern items of clothing: a collection of fur hats.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading home on Monday, most likely with gifts from his Russian hosts including a rifle, a cosmonaut’s glove, and military drones – which on their own are a ...