Board OKs art use of animal parts

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http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/rural/story/7752483p-7664611c.html

"The Federal Subsistence Board voted unanimously last week to let subsistence hunters sell nonedible parts of wildlife -- such as claws, sinew, bones and fur -- if they turn them into artwork first.


Under the new law, residents will be able to sell handicrafts made from parts of nearly all animals killed under federal subsistence laws, federal managers said.

The only exception is handicrafts made from brown bears killed in most parts of the state"