Trapped: Exposing the Violence of Animal Trapping in the U.S. (2022)
In 2021, Born Free USA, working in collaboration with Humane Society International (HSI) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), went undercover in the U.S. trapping industry. Our investigator attended the National Trappers Association Convention in Iowa in July 2021, then went on to attend a state-sponsored “Trappers Education Course,” provided in partnership between Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Iowa Trappers Association, before going out on trap lines with three trappers. What our investigator saw, heard, and documented was harrowing.
This investigation, Trapped: Exposing the Violence of Animal Trapping in the U.S., has two objectives: to document the reality of trapping in the United States, where sentient life is treated and discarded with such casual disregard. And to accelerate measures at the federal, state, city, and local community levels to end trapping, an activity that shames us all, including ending the use of traps on the nation’s National Wildlife Refuges.
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Body-gripping traps, snares, and steel-jaw leghold traps are permitted on 11.1 million acres of land within the National Wildlife Refuge System. This means your tax dollars fund the killing of animals who are supposed to be protected, and the endangerment of people and pets who use these lands.
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