Coypu salt marshes. Local extinction in their native range due to overharvesting led to the development of coypu fur farms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first farms were in Argentina and then later in Europe, North America, and Asia. These farms have generally not been successful long-term investments, and farmed coypu often are released or escape as operations become unprofitable. The first attempt at coypu farming was in France in the early 1880s, but it was not much of a success. The first efficient and extensive coypu farms were located in South America in the 1920s. The
Ida (given name) may refer to: Ida (given name) Ida is a given name occurring independently in several cultures. In Germany, Ida is a female name derived from a Germanic word "id", meaning "labor, work". Alternately, it may be related to the name of the Old Norse goddess "Iðunn". Ida also occurs as an anglicisation of the Irish girl's given name Íde. Ida is a currently popular name in the Nordic countries and is among the top 10 names given to girls born in 2013 in Denmark. It was among the top 20 names for newborn girls in Norway in 2013 and among