Sentences with phrase «extinction by fur»

The animals, which feed in the lush kelp beds offshore, were hunted almost to extinction by fur traders in the 19th century.

Not exact matches

They have longer flippers than sea lions, along with a rich luxuriant coat of fur that was so prized by hunters that it brought them to the brink of extinction in the 19th century.

Now perhaps this is just the musings of a city girl (read: someone whose food is not imperiled by hungry foxes and doesn't rely on the fur trade), but it's hard to believe that in some parts of the world, these wonderful creatures have nearly been hunted into extinction.