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A bobcat was found in a snare set for raccoons, northwest of Kalona.

2 trappers freed a grey wolf they caught in a coyote trap, after the USDA Wildlife Services placed a radio collar on the wolf. The same trappers also caught wolf pups in their coyote traps in 2002 and released them.

Reports of missing “pets” led police to find a steel leghold trap with a cat’s paw in it at a man’s home. The man was fined $250 for using an illegal trap.

A 62-year-old man was charged with felony animal cruelty for hanging a cat with a snare. The trap was intended to catch raccoons raiding his backyard goldfish ponds.

A radio-collared wolf was part of a study conducted by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources scientists to evaluate the impact of a temporary moratorium on wolf killing in all townships adjacent to Algonquin Park. Researchers discovered that a wire neck snare had slowly killed the wolf, found lying in a pool of blood.

A radio-collared wolf had broken free of the pole or tree holding the snare, but was found lying in a pool of blood.

Intentionally captured for a long-term conservation project, the bear was restrained in leg snare for as long as 24 hours before being anesthetized, marked, and released. Soon after he was sighted dead by helicopter.

31 residents were charged with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by using “pole-trapping” — placing a trap on a pole or perch to catch and kill hawks and owls to protect their gamecocks.

A 3-year-old cat was found in a neighborhood yard dragging a leghold trap . The cat suffered 4 severe breaks to his front left leg that was also badly dislocated, likely the result of the cat struggling to free himself, according to the veterinarian.

A young grizzly bear died of strangulation after getting caught in a trap intended to catch wolves that were killing livestock in Sunlight Basin.