Trapping Incident #110
Reported:
12/16/2005
Location:
Garfield County, UT - USA
Species:
Dog
Trap Type:
Kill-type
Incident Date:
Victim's Disposition:
dead
Victim's Name:
Zoe
Legal Action:
No
Summary:
Zoe was a certified therapy dog who worked with at-risk youth in a wilderness program. She was hiking on a public road with a girls’ group when she was killed by the cyanide trap. The trap was 10 feet from the road at the most. A federal government trapper placed the trap on the private property at the rancher’s request. Zoe’s caregiver is contemplating a lawsuit against the USDA’s Wildlife Services for not following guidelines of placement of M-44 traps (no closer than 50 feet from a public road or path and no closer than 200 feet from a public stream).
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