Did you know?

[Humptulips]

Here's an interesting fact for you if someone ever says to you "fur is a thing of the past"
Raw furs are Washington States 23rd leading export with exports in 2011 (lastest year available) of $248 million.

[Machias]

 

[TheNoob]

WOW, not something that I expected but very good to hear

[blindpig]

No kidding.  Guess I'm in the wrong profession.  hmmm, got me thinkin.

[dayn]

Is that because of mink farms? Cant imagine it being from cage trapping, though You guys are giving it a hell of a shot, inquring minds want to know...

[Humptulips]

It's because of the Seattle Fur Exchange. They receive and auction  ranched fur and through their association with Fur Harvesters International, wild fur. Admittedly most of their sales are ranched fur.

[ouchfoss]

I kinda figured that the majority was commercial fur but thats still awesome to know. Seems like a good slap in the face to all the PETA psychos considering how much of our economy is fur based. 

[champ41]

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/data/wa.html