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
Boyan (given name) Boyan (given name) Boyan () is a Slavic male given name. The short form of the name "Boyan" used in Bulgaria is "Bobi" or "Bobby" (Bulgarian: Боби). Its female equivalent is "Boyana" (Bulgarian: Бояна). In present days it is used as a given name in Bulgaria written as "Boyan" (Bulgarian: "Боян"), and also in all countries of former Yugoslavia, mainly written as "Bojan" (Serbian and Macedonian: Бојан)/(Slovenian/Croatian: Bojan). The name is recorded in historical sources among the Bulgarians, Serbs, Macedonians, Czechs, Poles, and Russians. There is some discussion as to where the name "Boyan" comes from. It is generally accepted