AR-News: (Canada) Trappers want to pay more

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http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_trappers20040217 

THOMPSON, MB - Trappers in northern Manitoba want to pay more, yes more, for 
the privilege of trapping. 
They're asking for an increase in their licences. 
The Manitoba Trapper's Association sees higher trap licence fees next year as 
an investment in the industry's future. 
About 60 trappers met in Thompson recently and spoke about raising their 
licence fees by $5 next year. 
Once they understood why they'd pay more, they agreed it was worth doing. 
Some of the money will go toward education programs, but the bulk of it will 
help fund a trap research facility in Alberta which develops humane traps. 
George Dysart of South Indian Lake says he has no problems if his fee goes up 
to $15. 
"Oh I don't mind that," says Dysart. "You know, as long as they make good use 
of the money they collect you know." 
But Glen Francois of Nelson House is not as agreeable as Dysart. 
"It does bother me a little bit," says Francois. "I've got kids that are 
growing up now and they're going to take over the trapping and so the education 
part there, yeah, I agree with." 
The Manitoba Trappers Association hopes to raise about $30,000 if it gets the 
fee increase approved by the province, but the trap research facility run by 
the Fur Institute of Canada costs about $350,000 a year to operate. 
Federal funding for the facility is expected to stop in April of this year. 
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