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Trapping Incident #64

Reported:
11/28/2007
Location:
Eau Claire, WI - USA
Species:
Dog
Trap Type:
Kill-type
Incident Date:
11/12/2007
Victim's Disposition:
dead
Victim's Name:
Bart
Legal Action:
Yes

Summary:

When a woman rode her horse along an Eau Claire Country Forest trail, her dog Bart often tagged along. “It was so enjoyable to watch him sniffing, smelling, and running after me with his tongue hanging out,” she said. That changed. “Bart just ran down the side of the trail to the stream,” she said. “I thought it was unusual that he wanted a drink so quickly. And immediately I heard an agonizing howl. I looked down, and he was violently struggling to get this trap off his neck.” But she couldn’t get the trap apart. “The nightmare just keeps going and going,” she said. The trap was legally set but the trapper’s license was suspended for failure to take a required trapper education course.

Result:

trapper's license suspend for not having trapper education course completed