Search Trapping Incidents Database

A dog was caught in a leg-hold trap along his guardian’s fenceline.

After missing for three days, a cat named Miss Kittie returned home with her leg caught in a trap. The leg had to be amputated.

A golden retriever named Bella was caught and killed by a conibear 220 trap while grouse hunting on a public trail.

A red-tailed hawk was inadvertantly caught in a raccoon trap. The hawk was turned over to authorities and underwent surgery to remove one of the bird’s talons. It is unknown whether or not the hawk can be released back into the wild.

A dog was lucky to be alive after being caught in a conibear trap. Bindi the dog was found with a swollen face and a trap around her neck when she mde her way back home after somehow pulling free the stake that held down the trap. The trap was tagged with the ID of an 81-year old man who died more tha two years ago.

A dog was able to walk home with its guardian after being freed from a coyote trap.

A bird hunter was forced to shoot his own dog after the animal was caught in a coyote trap and bit him as he tried to free it.

A raccoon was caught in an illegal trap and is being treated at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley after being rescued by San Jose Animal Care and Services. The adult male was found stuck on a fence in South San Jose and was ensnared in two seperate body-gripping traps. The animal sufferred broken bones and damage to his tail and may never be able to return the the wild.

A man is facing felony animal cruelty charges after a male skunk was caught in a trap placed in a man’s yard. The skunk was gravely wounded as he had attempted to chew off his own leg to escape. The skunk was euthanized. Traps were banned in 1996 and using them is a felong offense in the state.

A Mexican gray wolf died after it was caught in a leg-hold trap. AZ Game & Fish officials had put out the trap to catch some wolves from the Bluestem Pack to fit it with radio-telemetry collars.