December 21,2017 – Kamloops, BC
A 2-year-old purebred Akita was killed on Nov. 14 after being caught in a conibear trap that was placed 11 metres off Darlington Forest Service Road north of Barriere.
December 12,2017 – Montana
A hunter in Montana let us know they filled their tag by shooting a buck that was caught in a leghold trap along a fence line. They said its leg was shattered. One quick shot and it’s suffering was finally over. We have no required trap check interval in Montana so who knows how long it was trapped.
Ethical hunters despise trapping. Trappers complain their trapped animals get shot by hunters that come along and put the animal out of their misery. The trapper’s upset is in the damage to the pelt, preserving it is their priority, not the cruelty to the animal.
This is not the first deer, elk, moose or pronghorn known to be caught in traps and snares, in Montana and elsewhere, or the last. If a species eats, drinks, seeks shelter, dens, climbs, is curious, territorial, traverses,….is present, it can and will be trapped or snared, legal or not. These non-target catches which are inherent in trapping are excused and referred to as “incidental”. If the trapper is even found, they are not charged providing the few regulations were followed, i.e identification tag on the trap.
For more on “incidental” trapped wildlife in Montana:
http://trapfreemt.org/about-trapping/trapped-non-target-montana-wildlife-reports
November 27,2017 – Covina, California
A living nightmare for this little kitten yet again from what trappers refer to as no different than being handcuffed.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/2017/11/23/deputies-rescue-kitten-caught-in-ba…
November 27,2016 – Indiana
A beloved leashed dog dead after seeking a drink courtesy of trapping! Officials respond with trapping should remain secreted for obvious reasons.
The popular park was hidden with deadly conibear traps placed in cubbies. As we have said repeatedly, cubbies for the quick killing conibear traps do not save lives. Here in Montana, the large 10 x 10 inch body/head crushing conibears need not even be enclosed in a cubby if 1/3 or more are submerged in water.
The Indiana officials justification for trapping in the park was proclaimed from complaints campers saw a couple of raccoons playing together. Another complaint was the scarcity of raccoons.
Indiana voters just passed the right to protect hunting, fishing and Trapping……as customary intentionally not using the word TRAP/TRAPPING in order to mislead voters and prevent the measure from failing.
Our heartfelt condolences for Copper’s family. We hope some justice will be served but that will not bring Copper back.
Justice for Copper – When a Walk in the Woods Turns Deadly (Huffington Post)
October 28,2016 – Palliser River, B.C.
Another indiscriminate victim of traps sets for wolves. Notice the trees in this Grizzly’s futile struggle to escape the leghold trap. Released “without incident”… …to whom?
October 26,2016 – South Glengarry, Ontario
Conibears, body crushing quicker kill traps, are trappers answers to trapped animals suffering. Here is the story of one exceptionally very lucky dog.
Rosalind Forster with Buddy on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Williamstown, who recently survived a nightmarish incident when caught and almost choked to death in a Conibear trap on a public recreation trail in South Glengarry.
Todd Hambleton/Cornwall Standard-Freeholder/Postmedia Network
Watch out for traps along Peanut Line trail in South Glengarry
October 21,2016 – Waterford, Maine
Dog owners are universal in recalling the haunting cries of their dogs caught in leghold traps. Yet these would be considered the lucky victims. The deadly hidden snares and conibears are rather silent and quick killers. Aside from the animal’s pain and suffering, even death, who pays for this? The petowner, the veterinarian, the animal rescuers, wildlife rehabbers, the tax payer, but not the trapper.
October 18,2016 – Pittsburgh, PA
There actually is no such thing as a “hunting” trap. One of the principles of ethical hunting is to know your target. Traps and snares are indiscriminate. Hunters have had their dogs trapped, some killed. Ethical hunters are known to set off traps, shoot trapped animals, and want nothing to do with this unnecessary cruel recreation whose purpose has nothing to do with securing food.
Western PA Humane Society
www.facebook.com/westernpahumanesociety/posts/10154393154500873
October 7,2016 – Wisconsin
The evidence is endless of the cruel indiscriminate suffering that trapping inflicts.
Besides the animals, guess who pays for this? Certainly not the trappers.
Pardon the somewhat graphic photo, but one of our awesome wildlife rescue volunteers captured this Canada goose with a steel jaw trap on its foot! Part of the goose’s foot was crushed by the trap and he’ll need surgery to amputate part of the middle toe, which has an open fracture (bone sticking out of the skin).
If you’d like to support our effort to help this goose return to the wild, please donate (if you are able): https://35958.thankyou4caring.org/pages/wildlife
Trapper finds a dead moose in one of his snares. His intended victims were coyotes. His response? “Shit happens”.
He says he can’t wait to get back and try to trap and kill more coyotes, hoping to avoid snaring any more moose. He believes these coyotes will be fattened up from feeding on the moose the wildlife officials told him to leave serving as more bait for coyotes.
There are no words.
