This fall, we covered a story about the Massachusetts legislature attempting to ease the red tape associated with trapping permits issued for animal damage control. That bill appears to have stalled in the legislature, but Sen. Stanley Rosenberg is making an effort to move things forward again. The legislation concerning the issuance and appeals process for landowners to … [Read more...]
More on the Maine Lynx Lawsuit Resolution
Here's the press release from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife: First Circuit United States Court of Appeals Upholds Maine’s Trapping Regulations The First Circuit United States Court of Appeals this week affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that denied a request from two organizations seeking to permanently enjoin Maine’s trapping regulations. … [Read more...]
Maine Lynx Lawsuit Resolved
Here at TrappingToday, we've been following the Maine lynx lawsuit for quite some time. You can find background on the issue by visiting the lynx issues category page here. It finally appears that we have some closure to the issue and trappers, while having given up a lot in the process, have exited the process victorious over the animal rights activists. Here's an update … [Read more...]
Research Underway in New Mexico Trapping Ban Area
A while back, I reported on a trapping ban instituted by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in the state's gray wolf recovery area. The ban was placed and extended with the a stipulation that a study would be performed to evaluate trapping's potential impacts to wolves. That study is now underway, with research being conducted by the University of New Mexico. Most trappers … [Read more...]
Alaska Could Legalize Bear Trapping
The Alaska Board of Game is set to vote on a proposal to legalize the trapping and snaring of bears for the first time in the state's history. The proposal has some animal rights groups angry, but is supported by sportsmen and most residents in the affected areas. ......the head of Alaska's largest sportsmen's group said Friday the agency's proposal to allow bear trapping is … [Read more...]
New Mexico Governor Bans Trapping in Wolf Recovery Area
Amidst a slew of propaganda from animal rights activists and members of the media, New Mexico governor Bill Richardson ordered the New Mexico Game and Fish Department to impose a six month ban on trapping in the area along the New Mexico-Arizona border where gray wolves were introduced beginning in 1998. The ban halts trapping in the area until a study can be completed to … [Read more...]
Montana Trap Ban Will Not Make Ballot
The initiative that could have ended trapping as we know it in the state of Montana will not be on the ballot this November. With the deadline past for supporters of I-160, the effort to ban trapping on public lands in Montana, to gather enough signatures to put the question to the voters in November, signature numbers have fallen short. Although the animal rights groups came … [Read more...]
A Message from MEWM on the Montana Trap Ban Effort
Here's an update from Montanans for Effective Wildlife Management, the group formed to fight the proposed ballot initiative (I-160) that would ban trapping on all public land in Montana. The initiative supporters still need to collect a large number of signatures for the question to show up on the ballot, but MEWM is being proactive in an effort to get the early word out on … [Read more...]