It only took one experience with a friend’s dog getting caught in a steel jaw trap that motivated me into the quest to ban traps. All of them! Not only snares, Conibear traps and steel jaw traps but ...

A national animal rights organization has jumped into the fray of what to do about a grizzly bear that’s been spotted in Teton County, Wyoming, with a Conibear-style trap clamped onto its front paw.

The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act would amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps within the National Wildlife ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the reintroduction of the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act yesterday by Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Nita Lowey (D-NY).

A golden eagle caught in a steel leg trap near Missoula was euthanized Saturday. Golden and bald eagles are a federally protected species and using traps to catch birds is illegal. Killing an eagle or ...

Nearly all upland hunters will tell you that dog-killing body-grip strangulation traps, snares and dog tongue-catching tube traps have no place on Walk-In Access (WIA) pheasant and waterfowl hunting ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Twin Falls residents now are banned from setting traps that are designed to injure or kill an animal. The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance on the trap ...