If these cruel traps were judged by the agony they inflict, they would never be justified.
What you can do to help erase this cruel industry from Oregon:
Welcome to the TrapFree Oregon website, a source for information about the use of
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Other traps commonly used are neck snares and Conibear traps. These are designed to kill, the first by strangulation and the second by breaking the neck. Often they do this, but sometimes they don't. If the animal is the wrong size or the trap doesn't strike exactly so, the animal suffers terribly and the injuries are horrific. In the spring of 2008, tourists in Alaska’s Denali National Park saw two wolves with swollen and disfigured heads. Both had been living for months with snare wires deeply embedded in their necks. One died, the other was captured, freed of the wire and released, although with serious neck injuries. Click here for the story.
Recently the number of dogs and other pets caught in these traps has surged, as more people move into rural Oregon. Some dogs have been killed. To save your dog from a snare, you need to carry wire cutters. If your dog is in a Conibear trap, you'd better be fast and strong because the dog has little if any time and the traps are very difficult to open. And with both these traps, the animal is struggling. It's a desperate scene.
The number of licensed trappers has steadily increased in Oregon, from 891 in 2002
to 1,283 in 2007. Many Oregonians are outraged that these people can lace our public
lands with these hidden, savagely cruel traps. Many Oregonians don't see why they,
when on public land, should be subject to the kind of horror that some have experienced,
helpless to save their dog as it struggles and dies in a snare or a Conibear trap.
No animal, wild or domesticated, should have to suffer such a death, or experience
such agony, terror and despair for a day, or two, or however long it takes for death
or the trapper to come along. Oregon should not allow our wildlife to be so brutally
slaughtered for sport or for profit by fur trappers.The western states of Arizona,
California, Colorado, and Washington have severely restricted or banned the use of
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“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”
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Video Shows The Actual Experience Of Animals Caught
In Traps
This video made by Fur-
Fur trapping season runs from December 1 through March 15.
Print & distribute our brochures about trapping and how to release a pet from a trap.
Ask your local humane society and animal rescue groups to have them on hand, as well
as stores, coffee-
They are designed to be printed on both sides and folded in thirds. Disable “page scaling” in printer settings before printing.
Most Oregonians don’t know that trapping goes on in our state. Help us spread the news!
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