On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted in favor of a policy change that could affect animal trapping. After recent reports of dogs dying from getting caught in traps, the goal of the new ordinance ...

I grew up trapping muskrat in western New York state in the small rural community of Bolivar. I learned to trap from school mates, setting No. 110 conibears in a swamp near town. The first swamp I ...

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s wildlife management depends on extensive research of a large number of populations across a vast expanse of land. Much of the funding available for that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 19—The Fur Rendezvous has been a staple of Alaska winter life for 90 years. Founded in 1935, the festival started as a ...

The Alaska Board of Game has rejected two efforts to toughen state trapping laws and overturned another law opposed by trappers. During a 10-day statewide meeting in Fairbanks that ended Saturday, the ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska advisory council will recommend that federal regulators end the requirement for subsistence hunters to mark their traps with identifying numbers. The Southeast Alaska ...

The Alaska Board of Game (BOG), a seven-member panel of unelected, governor-appointed officials, decides important wildlife issues on behalf of Alaskans. Because the makeup of the BOG is entirely ...

A trapper demonstrates use of a leg-hold trap, designed to restrain an animal without killing it. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media) Winter trapping season is starting up again next month, and a group ...

PALMER, AL The large, friendly mutt lost most of the lower half of his left legs after getting caught in an animal trap or snare. Now, the black and brown canine has become a symbol in Alaska for what ...