If these cruel traps were judged by the agony they inflict, they would never be justified.
ARTICLES & LETTERS
What people have had to say in regional papers and media
about trapping.
(When linking to newspaper "letters," it's often necessary to scroll through all the letters of a particular day to find the right one.)
Letters
The Democrat Herald, 1/8/12, “How we treat wildlife.”
Missoula Independent, 2/3/11, “Trapping Indefensible.”
The Clark Fork Chronicle, 1/28/11, “Trapping Isn’t Green.”
Wallowa County Chieftain, 3/18/10. “ Trapping Tales.”
Wallowa County Chieftain, 3/18/10, “Defense of Trapping Wrong.”
The Observer, 2/2/10, “Trapping is wrong because...”
The Observer, 1/11/10, “Opposed to Trapping.”
The Observer, 12/23/09, “Negative Implications.”
The Observer, 12/16/09, “Change of Heart.”
The Observer, 3/18/09, “Trappers, Citizens and the ODFW”
The Bend Bulletin, 2/8/08, “Leg-
The Observer, 4/20/07, "Leg-
The Mail Tribune, 3/19/07, “Killers in your back yard.”
The Mail Tribune, 3/17/07, “Why must solution be lethal?”
The Observer, 1/20/07, "A couple of trappers are running their lines..."
The Observer, 1/13/07, "My first day of Christmas break..."
The Observer, 1/10/06, "Snare trap snags dog..."
West By Northwest, 2/3/06, “Howl: My Dog Gus And The Trap.”
The Ashland Daily Tidings, 2/5/05, "On a recent weekend, Ruby, a Jack Russell Terrier...”
Minnesota hunters upset after dogs killed in traps -
Predator Control Fails to Help Sheep Industry -
Is trapping doomed? -
Effects of Coyote Control on Domestic Sheep and Game Animals -
The Year of the Predator -
Trapped: What Is Found and Not Forgotten on the Hunt -
Hunting dog dies in death trap -
Bobcat Fur Coats Raise Trapping Concerns In West -
Animal Kills By Federal Agency More Than Double -
Oregon Woman Prosecuted For Removing Trap That Caught Her Dog -
Kansas Man’s Beagle Killed By Conibear Trap -
Two-
Fox Kits Orphaned by Trapping -
Escaped Denali Wolves Wearing Snares -
A Montana Trapper Confesses -
Dog Decapitated in Coyote Trap -
EPA Investigates Human Poisoning By M-
Deer Trapped and Killed by Snares -
America’s Secret War On Wildlife -
Bear Traps Stir Hunter To Complain -
People, Pets, and Traps: A Deadly Mix on Public Lands -
Killing Natural Predators Does Little Good -
Bobcat or dog? Leg traps don't distinguish -
Cat Stuck In Animal Trap Rescued -
Cat Caught in Spring Trap in DRW, Euthanized -
This is no way to see a beautiful animal -
The Mexican Wolf Cannot Best a Leghold Trap -
Maggie’s Death -
Gresham dog dies in Conibear trap set out to catch nutria -
Trapper to be cited for traps too close to camp near Sula; dog owners could be charged
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Traps can pose threat to hunting dogs: 2 dogs killed in 2 weeks -