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Two cats in two difference incidents were caught in traps and had to have their limbs amputated. Dewie was found in a steel-jaw trap on Wednesday. One of his front legs was frozen to the trap and had to be amputated.

Another stray cat was found in a similar situation on Thursday and also had a leg amputated.

Doug Snyder was out for a walk with his son and dog, Polka Dot, when Polka Dot was caught in a conibear trap. After trying to free her in vain, he shot her at point blank range to end her suffering.

A couple took their two young pups for a walk next to a popular sports complex when one of their pups got caught in a coyote box trap. While the guardian was trying to release her from the box trap, she was caught in the snare trap that was set inside of the box trap. Her guardian was able to release her after retrieving pliers from his car. The pup was passed out from a lack of air and barely breathing.

A dog was injured by a trap in Hugo. According to Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the trap was located on a private property just outside the Clearwater Creek Preserve. The guardian was able to free the dog.

Two women took their dogs for a walk off Bogus Basin when one of the dogs was caught in a foot-hold trap. The women could not get the trap off the dog’s foot and had to carry him to a road to flag down a car for help.

A Great Horned Owl was caught in a conibear trap set for bobcats. Both legs were caught in the trap and broken to the point of showing tendons. The owl was taken to the vet, but because the owl, who was otherwise healthy, could not be rehabilitated, it was euthanized.

A trapper whose traps caught 2 dogs near the Crazy Creek Campground near Sula will be cited for having his traps too close to a campground. The dogs owners could also be cited for removing the traps.

A dog was caught in a leg-hold trap and the guardian was bitten when trying to release. The dog sustained cuts, bruising and swelling on its leg.

A trapper called to report the capture of an unintentional capture of a lynx with a conibear trap that was set illegally to capture martens. The carcass of the lynx was almost entirely eaten up by another animal. The same trapper was found to have over 29 other traps that were set in violation of Maine’s trapping laws.

Maine Warden Service was contacted of a lynx caught in a foothold trap. While waiting for assistance from a biologist, a second lynx caught in a trap was reported, and the biologist went to assist the 2nd lynx. The lynx was released from the trap by Warden Chandler.