Trapping Incident #111
Reported:
12/15/2005
Location:
Silver City, NM - USA
Species:
Other
Trap Type:
Leghold
Incident Date:
12/13/2005
Victim's Disposition:
dead
Victim's Name:
Legal Action:
No
Summary:
A local resident found the young adult bobcat on his 4-acre property, hiding under a bush. On the end of the chain opposite the trap, the prongs that are designed to secure the trap had obviously come loose from whatever it had been attached to, and became hung up in a chain near the man’s driveway. A Game and Fish officer speculated that the bobcat may have been walking down the paved street, dragging the trap, and spooked by a car darted for the driveway.
Result:
euthanized after paw almost severed