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Note: We
have heard numerous stories, but people cannot always
pinpoint the date. Therefore, incident dates are displayed
only when confirmed. Apologies...these cases are not yet
posted in chronological order, so just browse through.
Incident Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15
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Various |
Numerous stories told to me
over the years from hikers before I recorded details. NDOW
game warden estimates about 100 dogs trapped annually.
Trappers tell me they trap dogs "all the time" but
usually claim none are injured. |
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March 17, 2010 |
Reno
Gazette Journal article March 17, 2010, by Mark Robison:
"Cat caught in leghold
trap in Sparks park - Fernley man cited"
A cat was nearly drowned and suffered a leg injury, a skunk
was cruelly trapped and later shot in the head, a raccoon
may have been trapped as well. All this in a Sparks park
where children and pets play. This is the clearest story to
date of the need for banning traps in all Reno-Sparks
congested areas. Also points out urgent need for trapper ID
on all traps.
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
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News
Release - Nevada Humane Society
For Immediate Release August 30, 2010
On Sunday, August 22, 2010, another cat was found in a
leg-hold trap, this time in Golden Valley. Now named Trapper
Jane, the two-year-old black and white domestic feline, was
caught in a leg hold trap and picked up by a Washoe County
Animal Services Officer. After being treated at a local
veterinary clinic and finishing the five-day legal hold
period for stray pets, she was transferred to Nevada Humane
Society on August 29.
Her crushed toes were
amputated Sunday morning at the NHS clinic and she will be
under veterinarian care at NHS for the next month. Her
recovery will require ongoing wound care and pain
management, but she should in time be able to walk and
become available for adoption.
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Note:
She got adopted Oct 8, 2010
and now happily resides with TrailSafe Director, Trish
Swain. |
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April 2000 |
[from a personal
email]Sunshine, a golden retriever,was caught in a coyote
trap in Macks Canyon near Lee Canyon in Mt. Charleston
while I was mountain biking and I couldn't find her for
5 hours. By that time she had tried to bite the trap
from her leg so much that she had to have 5 teeth surgically
removed.
NDOW did nothing but send
an officer up here and tell me:
1) I had to return the trap, but it was not
identified.
2) Tough luck- 200 feet from a road that really isn't a road
(although it is county maintained, it is just a 4 mile dirt
road that goes to nowhere- used for recreation in the
mountains).
I made a stink about it and got coverage from 2 TV news
stations. So that was the end of that. I have no doubt
that it hastened Sunshine's death later that year
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Note:
TrailSafe has DVD's of the two television stories on this
case. Email if you
want one! |
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Summer 2001 |
Coughlin Ranch area near
residences, within city limits. Skunk caught in a leghold
trap. Leg was broken; bad injury. Animal eventually ran
away. NHS, Animal Control and NDOW personnel were on scene.
NDOW said it was legal to set this trap in residential area. |
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A cat was trapped near Hunter
Lake Elementary school. Cat was taken to NHS
veterinary clinic.[told to me personally] |
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[personal email] I live out
towards Pyramid Lake on 20 acres and
unfortunately lost a small dog to a coyote. I was
naive then but I have since taken precautions and have
chickens, lambs, mini pigs, and other animals without a
problem. I hear neighbors shooting coyotes all
the time and have seen large traps in the area.
It is very sad. Humane solutions are a must. |
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November 2008 |
Luna was
trapped at the entrance to Mack's Canyon area in southern
Nevada. Her owner achieved a settlement with the trapper and
believes trapper ID should be reinstated. Luna licked all
the blood away before this picture was taken; she lost a lot
of blood, but did recover. |
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[personal email] ... I have
seen pets get caught in these traps, as well as three legged
wild animals here in Washoe Valley. |
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[personal email] Please
contact me regarding these traps. I also have experienced
the same problem.[dog caught in trap]I also have photo’s
of skinned coyotes left in a pile to rot !!!!!
These traps need to be banned in Nevada and I will help you
any way I can. |
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January
2007 |
[personal email] I live just
outside Las Vegas, on the Kyle Canyon exit about 6 miles up
the canyon.
About the middle of January while on a trail ride my dog was
caught in a trap less than 4 feet off of a trail, with the
help of a friend that I was riding with we managed to
release her and after making sure she was ok we continued on
and 5 minutes later she has another trap hit her face, and
the blow has caused permanent damage to her eye. I reported
the incident to the police and they put my in contact with
fish and game, who basically told me that I was breaking the
law by removing the trap.
I had no idea that trapping was legal in the area, as it is
considered conservation area, and he was using a quad to
place the traps which are illegal. I contacted the local
news channel 13 who agreed to do a story on the traps which
aired about 2 weeks later, the trapper agreed to remove his
traps due to the bad press. And the neighbors dog on the
same day as mine was caught in a trap while she was out
jogging, they had to pay an $800 vet bill. I've lived in
this area for 9 years and am horrified that they can trap so
close to our homes and not notify anyone in the area, the
laws need to be changed ... |
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March 2007 |
[personal email] What can I
do. My 10 year old dog got caught a trap just a few weeks
ago and it was on a well traveled dirt road! She is OK,
thank goodness. |
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Winter-Spring
2007 |
[personal email] I live in
Antelope Valley and we're having similar problems in the
north valleys with these terrible things.
I [have] 8x10 glossies of a nearby trap area after a coyote
was trapped there. The animal might have spent the full 96
hours (legal) time (or longer) before our dear neighbor
checked the trap, because the area is totally trashed:
broken branches, bark stripped from trees, piles of needles,
scarred ground.
[The] nearest trap is on
the next door neighbor's land (absentee-neighbor) and we're
waiting for her to return a signed letter giving us
permission to post signs on her property and kick him off.
Unfortunately, across the dirt road from our homes is a 320
acre BLM section where he will move his operation.
Let's get the hunters out of our neighborhoods and protect
our children and all animals.
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Click here for details of
Antelope Valley trap area and the pictures mentioned above. |
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"Not to hurt our humble brethren is
our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We
have a higher mission --
to be of service to them wherever they require it."
Saint Francis of Assisi (1182 - 1226)
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