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A stray dog–named Nittany by her rescuers–was found running in a residential neighborhood with a leghold trap caught on her leg. It took two days to catch her and give her emergency veterinary care. She was later brought to the Western PA Humane Society for care. it is possible her leg will need to be amputated.

A bald eagle in Hanover, PA, freed itself from a leghold trap, losing a talon on each foot. A woman found the eagle in her backyard, and it’s estimated the injured eagle may have walked up to a mile away from the trap. While the bird will survive, it will not be able to be returned to the wild.

A stray cat was found caught in an illegal leghold trap. The vet who examined her believed she had been in the trap for 24 hours or less. The trap was set illegally as trapping season in Nebraska is over. It’s believed the cat may have to have its leg amputated.

An 8 year old husky named Bear had been missing for more than 5 weeks when he was found dead, caught in a Conibear body-gripping trap in a field near the owner’s home. Police found the farmer who had set the trap in front of his chicken coop, and say that the dog got caught in it before running to a nearby front yard.

An 8 year old yellow lab, Molly Rose, was leashed and on a routine walk with her owner when she was caught in an illegal body grip trap. One of the men responsible for setting the illegal trap works as an animal control officer for Seneca Falls, NY. Both men are contracted by Seneca Falls Town Supervisor Gregory Lazzaro for animal nuisance control.

A chocolate labrador retriever was found with his leg in an unpadded leghold trap illegally set in Sky Prairie Park, an area utilized primarily by families. Trapping is prohibited within Spokane city limits.

An Akita named Darby was found caught in a leghold trap near a neighbor’s home; she had apparently been there for 5 days. The damage to her leg was so great that it had to amputated.

Coco, a sled-dog mix, was caught in a strangulation neck snare when she was out with her family on a sledding trip on a popular trail near the family’s home. By the time her owner reached her, she had stopped breathing; it took 20 minutes to resuscitate her.

An 89-pound female gray wolf was found dead in a trap meant for coyotes.

ALCOVA, WY – The owner took her dog out to a location that she had taken her dogs to many times before. They parked in the exact same spot, right off a little two-track. Within 30 seconds of unloading the dogs (and 20 feet away from her truck), her yellow lab got caught in a leghold trap. Luckily, the trap did not have teeth, but her joint swelled immediately and she was very shaken by the experience. The owner stated that she was very fortunate that it was her yellow lab and not her other smaller dog, as the trap surely would have broken his leg or worse.