About $8000 of possum fur has been stolen from a Mosgiel shed. New Zealand Fur Council chairman Neil Mackie said the price of fur was about $130 per kg currently, which would make the haul worth $7800. He was not aware of possum fur theft being a common occurrence. "It's important to let the other players in the industry know, because they'll try to sell that through those channels." He was not aware of a possum fur black market.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 22, 2019 00:22 UTC