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If these cruel traps were judged by the agony they inflict, they would never be justified.

 TrapFree     regon

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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.)

Articles

Letters

Two-legged Dog Becomes Symbol of Trapping Flap - Mary Pemberton, ABC News, 7/08

 

Fox Kits Orphaned by Trapping - Theresa Hogue, Gazette-Times, June 4, 2008

 

Escaped Denali Wolves Wearing Snares - Mary Pemberton, Associated Press, April 25, 2008

 

A Montana Trapper Confesses - Taz Alago, New West, Feb.15, 2008

 

Dog Decapitated in Coyote Trap - AP, 2/08

 

EPA  Investigates Human Poisoning By M-44 - The Salt Lake Tribune, 1/18/08

 

Deer Trapped and Killed by Snares - Jackson Hole Daily, 1/15/08

 

America’s Secret War On Wildlife - Christopher Ketchum, Men’s Journal, 11/07 (PDF)

 

Bear Traps Stir Hunter To Complain - Peter Sleeth, The Oregonian, June 16, 2007

 

People, Pets, and Traps:  A Deadly Mix on Public Lands - K. Stachowski, New West, March 19, 2007

 

Killing Natural Predators Does Little Good

-Dave Rice, Reno Gazette Journal, February 9, 2007

 

Bobcat or dog? Leg traps don't distinguish - Oregonlive.com, January 28, 2007

 

The Year of the Predator - Reida Kimmel, West By Northwest,

October 21, 2006

 

Predator Control Fails to Help Sheep Industry - Wildlife Conservation Society, March 15, 2006

 

Carnivore-Livestock Conflicts: Effects of Subsidized Predator Control and Economic Corelates on the Sheep Industry - Kim Murray Berger, Wildlife Conservation Society, July 7, 2005 (PDF)

 

Is trapping doomed? - Tom Reed, High Country News, April 12, 1999

 

Effects of Coyote Control on Domestic Sheep and Game  Animals - Robert L. Crabtree, for Predator Defense Institute, Nov., 1997

 

Animal Damage Control in the Urban Environment - Bob Sallinger, Urban Conservation Director, The Audubon Society

(Discusses trapping in Portland, OR)