Trapping Incident #109
Reported:
12/25/2005
Location:
Southampton, NY - USA
Species:
Dog
Trap Type:
Kill-type
Incident Date:
Victim's Disposition:
dead
Victim's Name:
Jeffrey
Legal Action:
No
Summary:
Jeffrey’s guardian was walking him close to the water’s edge in a town nature preserve when Jeffrey stuck his head into some brush where the trap was hidden. “The pet owner arrived in our office frantic with the trap on the dog’s head,” said a representative from the Animal Rescue Fund in Wainscott. Jeffrey, which ARF rescued from the Bahamas after Hurricane Francis in 2004, was killed. The trap appeared to be illegal, its target probably muskrat.
Result: