After a labradoodle named Posie suffered severe injuries from a cruel leghold trap, Born Free USA’s Trapping Victims’ Fund (TVF) assisted Posie’s family with her veterinary care costs.
Posie was caught in a leghold trap and suffered a massive wound on her leg, which led to a five-hour emergency surgery. Though Posie survived her encounter with a cruel and dangerous leghold trap, she may eventually require amputation. Posie suffered a deep 9-inch long degloving wound on her leg which went right down to her joint. Posie’s owner, Catherine, changed her bandages daily and ran her back and forth to the vet every other day to help with her recovery process in hopes of saving Posie’s leg.
Born Free USA’s Trapping Victims’ Fund provided Posie’s family with a one-time grant to help them with their veterinary care expenses. While Posie works on healing and recovering from her run-in with a cruel leghold trap, we continue in our efforts to stop trapping once and for all. Catherine’s young daughter and Posie are particularly close, and we are so glad that we could help with Posie’s recovery so they can enjoy more time together after such a horrific incident.
Trapping is Cruel and Indiscriminate
Indiscriminate body-crushing traps are used to capture or kill furbearing animals who are deemed a “nuisance” or who are valued only for the fur on their backs. Trapping is not only dangerous to targeted wildlife, but also poses a threat to non-targeted animals and even to people who may become caught accidentally in traps. Traps are indiscriminate – they catch and kill targeted and non-targeted animals alike – including family pets like Posie as well as threatened and endangered species. Animals who survive being caught in traps may suffer severe physical injuries that require costly veterinary treatment and lengthy rehabilitation.
The Trapping Victims’ Fund Helps Animals in Need, Like Posie
Born Free USA’s Trapping Victims’ Fund helps cover the cost of care for individual animals impacted by cruel traps through the Trapping Victims’ Fund. Funds are available for specific and immediate emergency veterinary care for companion animals impacted by traps. In the worst of circumstances, funds are also available for funeral arrangements.
Help Support Trapping Victims like Posie
You can support our work to stop trapping by making a donation to help stop trapping. If you or someone you know has experienced a trapping incident, we encourage applications to our Trapping Victims’ Fund, which can be found here.
Learn More about Our Work to Stop Trapping with these Resources
- #TrapFreeTrails
- Investigation: Trapped: Exposing the Violence of Animal Trapping in the U.S. (2022)
- Report: Crushing Cruelty (2021)
- Fact Sheet: How to Keep Your Pets Safe from Traps (PDF)
- Non-Target Trapping Incidents Database
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