Update: Sadly, this legislation did not receive the required support and is no longer viable this session.
Bill Description: If passed, this bill would prohibit the use of Conibear traps and steel-jawed leghold traps for commercial and recreational purposes. However, Fish & Game department employees would be allowed to use these traps for public safety purposes, and the traps could be used with a permit to address an animal problem that cannot be abated using other traps.
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Body-gripping traps are not species-selective. They are an indiscriminate killing method that sometimes catches and kills non-target animals, including family dogs and cats and even threatened or endangered species.