Nontarget Trapping Incident Report

Reported: Sep 06, 2011
Location: Chitina, Alaska

Species: Dog
Trap Type: Snare
Incident Date: Nov 22, 2010

Victim's Disposition: injured
Victim's Name: Sara

Legal Action: unknown
Result: n/a

Summary: A dog named Sara was caught by her neck in a snare trap for approx 20 hours. There were around 30 snares in the area where she was trapped. The traps were set out by a neighbor who did not inform the residents of his traps. Sara had a cut all the way around her neck from the snare and it took days for head swelling to go down. She has a permanent ring of white hair around her neck caused by the accident.

Source: Trapping Incident Report