(CN) - Maine is not required to ban leghold traps to protect threatened Canada lynx, the 1st Circuit ruled, because the state took sufficient measures to ban deadly "Conibear" traps. The Animal ...

Bobcat trapping season opens Dec. 19 in Minnesota and John Reynolds is worried about your dog. “It happens every year. It’s going to happen this year. Someone’s dog, someone’s pet, or their favorite ...

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 trapping class for non-trappers drew a full house to the Missoula Fish, Wildlife and Parks classroom on Thursday as dog owners came to learn how to keep their pets safe in the woods. “One of the ...

Washington, DC—The Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act was reintroduced last Friday in the House of Representatives by Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC). This bill would prohibit the import and export of, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sean Boxall and Nicole Trigg want to educate the public about animal traps that are in B.C.'s backcountry. Their dog Moon was ...

The foothold and conibear traps are the tools of choice for wildlife control professionals and are legal in 44 states and Canada. Airports have a wildlife control specialist assisting in the removal ...

The bobcat trap had been legally set on the ground, baited with beaver meat, Reynolds said. Reynolds, of Baxter, Minn., is a longtime trapper himself. In fact, he was setting traps for foxes that day ...

Every winter, dogs in Alaska are maimed and killed by snares and powerful “quick-kill” Conibear crushing traps placed, virtually without restriction, in public multi-use areas. Alaska’s exceptionally ...