Types of Traps Educate yourself about the different types of traps and discover why they are so incredibly cruel. Until then, find out how to free your dog from a leg-hold trap.
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Spang-Willis is of Cheyenne, Pawnee, and settler descent. She is also a descendant of a pioneer family who settled in Montana during the late s. Traps, be it steel-jawed leghold traps, conibear traps, or snares, are inherently indiscriminate.
Injuries from leghold traps are often so severe that the injured limb of a trapped companion animal must be amputated. Conibear traps, however, kill many of their unintended victims.
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Hunt with a bow with a pull strength of less than 35 pounds. Hunt with arrows less than 24 inches in length. Take or attempt to take mink or muskrat by means other than trapping or snaring.
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