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About 25 miles NW of Stanley, ID, near the River of No Return Wilderness — A family dog named Sammy was caught in a leg-hold trap meant to catch wolves biologist wanted to study. The family, not knowing anything about traps, shot their dog to “put it out of its misery.”

Peter Dana Point, ME, north of Indian Township in the Passamaquoddy Reservation — a trap baited and set in an open garage.

Picton Park, near a city-owned ravinein a trap set for beaver.

After being trapped, the cat clawed open the basement door and crawled in.

trapped by leg, dog when found was “vibrating, she’s shaking so furiously” 2 miles from her country home, on path at top of hill.

Found behind auto parts store, in a plastic grocery bag in a trash bin.

An eagle caught in a trap set for coyotes was taken to a veterinarian by a Maine warden.

A raccoon had both his front leg and back leg caught in a leghold trap and was hanging from a fence. He was released from the traps by officers and released back into the woods, but becuase of the severity of his injuries, was not expected to live.

A cat was trapped near Hunter Lake Elementary School and taken to NHS veterinary clinic.

A skunk was caught in a leghold trap. Leg badly broken. Animal ran away.