Bill Description:
Prohibits a person who owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors fox, otter, beaver or muskrat to knowingly allow trapping on his or her land by any person who pays a fee to trap for sport.[teaserbreak]
Background:
Trapping is a barbaric, antiquated form of hunting. Animals caught in traps suffer immensely from their injuries, long periods of distress, and ultimately die an excruciating death. Many even gnaw off their own limbs in an effort to escape, often dying of a painful infection days later. Archaic killing methods for trapped animals – such as suffocation, drowning and poisoning – are widely used today. Read more on our trapping page.
Many other animals are injured by traps or die as “collateral damage,” including endangered species and family pets. (See our Trapping Incidents Database for more information.) Even one such tragedy is too many, and these types of incidents are sadly all too common.
Take Action:
New York residents, contact your state assemblymember and urge him or her to support this legislation!
Read the full text and follow its progress here.