Disclaimer: Some images may be disturbing. However, they reveal the truth behind what occurs when an animal is inhumanely trapped.
For a description of traps and their cruelty see www.wolfmatters.org
For a description of traps and their cruelty see www.wolfmatters.org
Why is trapping inhumane?
Did you know that it is against the Criminal Code of Canada to willfully cause pain, suffering or injury to an animal?
1. When an animal is caught in a leg-hold trap, it is denied water and food. The animal suffers from blood loss and possible hypothermia. When snared or trapped, the animal may die trying to free itself and resort to chewing or wringing off their own trapped limb in order to escape.
2. When snared or trapped, the animal cannot attend to its babies. They may die as a result of starvation. This is another example of inhumane treatment. Fishers and wolverines have very low reproductive rates and large home ranges. Unnecessary death in a snare trap contributes to their low populations. Considering we have protected the grizzly bear, it is irresponsible to allow snare traps, leg-hold traps and strychnine poisoning to continue as we are faced with more threatened species such as the wolverine. Furbearing animals play a vital role in our ecosystems. Think of the Yellowstone Park example or beavers in a wetland.
3. In Canada, trap checking varies from once every 24 hours to once every 14 days. Further, the monitoring and enforcement of trap regulations is unenforceable in the wild. It can take up to 14 hours for an animal to die when it has been restrained in a snare trap or leg-hold trap, resulting in an agonizing, prolonged death-proven fact from scientific research conducted by Gilbert Proulx. It is difficult to stop blood flow to and from the brain of a coyote, wolf or fox due to several small arteries leading up to and surrounding their head. When a snare tightens, it does not mean it is killing the animal quickly. This results in what is called "jelly head" proving how slowly the animal actually died.
4. Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards states it should take 45 seconds for ermines, 2 minutes for martens and 5 minutes for all other species to die. Studies prove it takes far longer. Beavers can take up to 20 minutes to die, or drown. Canids can take up to 14 hours to die. Therefore, this is inhumane and cruel to subject wildlife to this kind of torture. Further, the monitoring and enforcement of trap regulations is unenforceable in the wild. Snare traps are not even included in the International Humane Trapping Standards because they would not make the acceptable kill times determined by these standards, yet they are sold commercially. A snare trap is as easy to purchase as buying a pair of gloves. They should be banned based on this fact alone.
1. When an animal is caught in a leg-hold trap, it is denied water and food. The animal suffers from blood loss and possible hypothermia. When snared or trapped, the animal may die trying to free itself and resort to chewing or wringing off their own trapped limb in order to escape.
2. When snared or trapped, the animal cannot attend to its babies. They may die as a result of starvation. This is another example of inhumane treatment. Fishers and wolverines have very low reproductive rates and large home ranges. Unnecessary death in a snare trap contributes to their low populations. Considering we have protected the grizzly bear, it is irresponsible to allow snare traps, leg-hold traps and strychnine poisoning to continue as we are faced with more threatened species such as the wolverine. Furbearing animals play a vital role in our ecosystems. Think of the Yellowstone Park example or beavers in a wetland.
3. In Canada, trap checking varies from once every 24 hours to once every 14 days. Further, the monitoring and enforcement of trap regulations is unenforceable in the wild. It can take up to 14 hours for an animal to die when it has been restrained in a snare trap or leg-hold trap, resulting in an agonizing, prolonged death-proven fact from scientific research conducted by Gilbert Proulx. It is difficult to stop blood flow to and from the brain of a coyote, wolf or fox due to several small arteries leading up to and surrounding their head. When a snare tightens, it does not mean it is killing the animal quickly. This results in what is called "jelly head" proving how slowly the animal actually died.
4. Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards states it should take 45 seconds for ermines, 2 minutes for martens and 5 minutes for all other species to die. Studies prove it takes far longer. Beavers can take up to 20 minutes to die, or drown. Canids can take up to 14 hours to die. Therefore, this is inhumane and cruel to subject wildlife to this kind of torture. Further, the monitoring and enforcement of trap regulations is unenforceable in the wild. Snare traps are not even included in the International Humane Trapping Standards because they would not make the acceptable kill times determined by these standards, yet they are sold commercially. A snare trap is as easy to purchase as buying a pair of gloves. They should be banned based on this fact alone.