Canada's national police force says nothing tops muskrat fur for keeping officers' heads warm in extreme cold. It has issued a tender for 4,470 of its traditional blue winter hats with ear flaps ...

After it nearly stopped using fur a couple of years ago, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police placed a tender for 4,470 new muskrat fur hats for use in cold weather situations.

12/19/2017 December 19, 2017. Canada's mounted police have long kept out the bitter cold with muskrat fur. Traditionalists treasure their hats as the heritage of a country that built its wealth on ...

Canada's famed Royal Canadian Mounted Police force — also known as the Mounties — announced it's in the market for nearly 5,000 muskrat fur hats. The fur of the cold-weather rodents is very ...

A national fur lobby says it raised objections with federal ministers upon learning the RCMP planned to begin outfitting officers with tuques instead of muskrat hats. Glen Doucet of the Fur ...

The Mounties said their time-honoured muskrat hat would continue to be issued to officers working in extreme cold, stressing that the force and its garment suppliers comply with an international ...

Consider the muskrat. A muskrat can be thought of as a low-rent version of a beaver — they toil but do not build, their tails make no signature slap upon the waters when startled, trapped, their ...

With snow falling, a muskrat feeds while sitting on an ice shelf on the Missouri River near Great Falls, Mont., in this Friday, Feb. 2, 2007 file photo.

A muskrat’s small front feet appear to be four-toed, but there is a tiny fifth toe that is hard to see. Their narrow hind feet, about 3 inches long, have five toes and are only partially webbed.