Well, here it is. After a few months of back and forth, the State of Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has settled a lawsuit with the California-based Animal Protection Institute, which sued the state under the premise that state-approved trapping activities threaten Canada lynx. State Agrees to Restrict Trapping to Protect Threatened Lynx Sportsmen Settle … [Read more...]
New York DEC Adopts Emergency Trapping Regulations
To avoid the potential for trappers to incidentally harm or kill dogs with bodygripper traps set on or near the ground, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation has adopted emergency regulations that will restrict the way many trappers operate. The regulations deal mainly with dog-resistant cubby sets, blind conibear sets, and mandatory trap setback distances from … [Read more...]