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dog was caught by a Conibear trap set on private property without the landowner’s permission. The dog belonged to the landowner. The trapper was cited for trespassing by the sheriff’s department, but was not charged with any violation of trapping regulations by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources since the trap set was set legally.

A woman walking her dog on BLM land witnessed the animal stepping into a leghold trap. The trap caught the dog’s foot and the woman tried for several minutes to pry the dog free. The woman gave up on prying open the trap and dug up the trap from the ground and drove the trapped dog about 30 minutes to a vet. It was there that the dog was released and has recovered from the incident.

Camping at the Blind Sucker State Campground during deer hunting season, Pivo’s caregivers were very careful to be wearing orange, even on the dog. Pivo wandered approximately 40 feet from the designated campsite. She tripped, but was not hurt by, a leg trap, but five minutes later she found the Conibear trap that killed her. There were no tags on the traps and both were lying on the ground and set. Pivo’s caregivers were unable to remove the trap from her neck before she was asphyxiated within minutes.

A dog was caught in a Conibear trap in an abandoned lane near the family’s rural residence. Although Hakata Sioux was trapped for 30 minutes, she was rescued in time to suffer no more than bruises and “emotional trauma.”

While on maternity leave Ruger’s guardian was walking her dogs along a gravel road. Approximately 200 yards from homes along the road was a leghold trap. Ruger was trapped and he panicked. When she tried to free him, she was bitten. She had to run home for a muzzle with her newborn in tow. The trapper was not found and no one was charged.

A great horned owl that had been injured in a steel-jaw leghold trap was brought to the Pine View Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center.

A family dog was killed by a beaver trap set by a local property owner to deal with beavers on his land. No signs had been posted on his property to warn people about the traps. After a campaign by local anti-trapping activists, the New Paltz Village Board voted unanimously to approve a new law to restrict the use of lethal traps to deal with nuisance animals.

A German Shepherd was caught by a steel-jaw leghold trap set on its owner’s neighbor’s property. The neighbor admitted to the owner that he had found the dog and left the animal in the trap for 36 hours without notifying anybody or giving him food or water. After the owner rescued her dog, he began to develop gangrene from his injuries. After veterinary care and antibiotics, the dog eventually recovered. The incident was reported to local animal control officers, who said it was beyond their control to take action against the neighbor who set the trap.”

A female coyote was found with a trap attached to her leg which was only hanging on by a small amount of skin. A State Game & Fish officer helped to rescue the coyote by removing the trap. The coyote survived but with only 3 limbs.

A dog was caught in a steel-jaw leghold trap set in the Burro Mountains while on a walk with her caretaker. The trap was set about 200 feet from her home. The caretaker was unable to remove the trap herself, so with the dog dragging the trap along, they headed back to her home. The caretaker eventually sought help from her neighbor in removing the trap. The dog suffered from swelling and bruising but eventually recovered.