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A 30-pound bobcat was found dead caught in a snare set for coyotes near the city’s water treatment plant. This was the first confirmed bobcat seen in Linn County since the 19th century when the animals were wiped out from most parts of Iowa.

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, AK — A man pled guilty in federal court to illegally snaring 2 bald eagles and setting bait too close to traps and snares. He admitted that he had failed to check traps as often as required by law and claimed a back injury prevented him from doing so. The snares were set for coyotes. The animals were found by a Fish and Wildlife Service officer. who also shot a coyote who had been ensnared for several days.

Cats and kittens were left in 2 rabbit cages outside the Hermitage No-Kill Cat Shelter. Along with the live injured cats, there was the partially-skinned head of a cat. 1 kitten’s injuries were so severe he was euthanized. Another had his tail and feet amputated. The cats all looked like they had been captured by leghold traps.

A female tabby-calico mix, named Lucky Lady Miracle Cat by shelter workers, was found by workers at a dental office.

2 women walking their dogs on a gravel path near the Pitt River let their dogs off leash to run around. One dog was caught in a conibear trap lured with steak and a duck, and died at the scene. The trap was set illegally.

The owner of the Cedar Ridge Game farm was fined for violations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The man claimed he does what all game farm operators do — kill great horned owls. The man had been charged with violations of the MBTA 6 years earlier.

A man who had been catching foxes in the traps assured the couple that “the traps were set high enough off the ground that they wouldn’t harm the cats.”

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.