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A snare trap accidentally killed an adult female wolverine. Idaho has not allowed a hunting or trapping season for wolverines since 1965.

A man illegally set a trap on his property that caught and killed his neighbor’s dog, Oregon State Police said.

Troopers arrested Monte Callaway, 57, of Bandon on charges of Animal Abuse 1 (Felony), Trapping Prohibited Method – Unbranded Traps, Instant Kill Trap with Jaw Spread 9 inches or More in Any Land Set, Unlawful Take Furbearer – Raccoon, and No Raccoon Take Permit.

The investigation started the evening of June 11 when the dog’s owner reported the animal had been caught and killed in a trap on a neighbor’s property, state police said. Callaway had set a Conibear 330 trap on land, police said.” A conibear 330 trap is commonly used to trap beaver, and is required by the Oregon Furbearer Trapping Regulations to be used in a water set only, and it is illegal to use it on land,” according to state police.

A man laid traps down in his yard in order to capture his neighbors’ pets, trapping at least one dog and one cat. The man faces a misdemeanor charge of injuring the animals.

Members of a local animal rescue group are outraged after a cat was found caught in a steel leg-hold trap in a Houston residential Heights neighborhood. The Friends For Life rescue organization saved the cat but they believe it was stuck in the painful trap for days.

A family’s dog was caught in an illegally-set trap in Albany, NY. The dog was not harmed, and the trapper has been charged for laying the unlicensed trap.

Dog fatally caught in an illegal beaver trap. The dog died within a minute when he jumped in a creek in the Kane Springs hiking area. The trap was not legally registered with an identification number.

A dog named Stoic was fatally caught in an illegal beaver trap while walking with his owner near Moab, UT.

A dog named Greta was caught in a leghold trap while walking with her owner on a trail in the San Mateo Mountains.

A shepard mix was briefly caught in a steel foothold trap while walking Cibola National Forest in the San Mateo Mountains. An unbearable scream alerted her owner, Mary Ray, to the accident.

My dog stepped into a trap on public National Forest land in southern New Mexico. I knew immediately what was happening and since I volunteer with www.TrapFreeNM.org I know how to open a trap. She was in the trap for about a minute, but her foot became swollen. Also, to note, she was on a leash which offered zero protection. The trap was right in the path – which is legal in NM because it was a game trail and not an official marked trail. The trap turned out to be legal in all respects. The trapper told the game warden there are about 7 traps.