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Why are sea otters hunted for their pelts?

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By the time conservationists got the International Fur Seal Treaty signed in 1911, which protected otters from hunting, scientists estimate that only 13 small groups of sea otters still survived on the wide arc stretching from Mexico to the Kamchatka Peninsula on Asia's east coast. read more

Sea otters are not hunted for their pelts in the U.S. sadly, river otters are. read more

Sea otters have historically been hunted for their pelts. They have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. In every square inch of its fur, there are around 850,000 to one million hairs. read more

If the sea otter pelts brought back by Bering's survivors had been sold at Kyakhta prices they would have paid for one tenth the cost of Bering's expedition. In 1775 at Okhotsk, sea otter pelts were worth 50–80 rubles as opposed to 2.5 rubles for sable. read more

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