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A pet cat was trapped in a neighbor’s backyard when traps were set intended to catch raccoons.

Exact same trap as above in same neighbor’s backyard, trap set for raccoons.

A trap was set near grade school. The dog found limping around neighborhood with trap on foot.

A neighbor found the cat. The vet said, “I’ve never seen a more mangled leg in my 40 years of practice.”

Trapped 20 yards from his caregiver’s apartment

Buddy was on a trail in the Flathead National Forest when he encountered a Conibear 220 trap with raw chicken parts. Buddy died when his caregiver was unable to pry the trap off his neck. When neighbors showed up to help, they were too late. Ironically, a yellow Labrador retriever had been caught on the same trapline only 6 days before, but was lucky enough to be released quickly by his caregiver.

Eagle found dead in snare

A woman was walking her dog at the public beach when her dog ran under a nearby house and was caught in Conibear trap set for otter. No fences separated the beach from the house and no signs were posted. The residents of the house removed the traps after the incident.

A dog was found dead in a leghold trap. The dog had been trapped “maybe a day or two.” The incident was reported. The trap owner was not found.

Department of Natural Resources Officer found Terry deep in the woods, dragging a steel-jaw leghold trap from his hind toe.