Conservation News

U.S. Sportsmen Alliance

"Fur Is Green"

MACRW

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A short demonstration to show how steel traps do not actually injure the legs of caught animals. I use two sizes of traps (a smaller fox/coon trap and a larger, 4-coiled coyote trap) and stick my own hand into both! And these are real, modern, usable traps, nothing has been rigged or weakened on either of them.

Furbearer Management Trapping is a strictly regulated, law-enforced activity.

Contrary to public perception, trapping is 


good for conservation and sustaining


wildlife health and diversity. Regulated 


trapping is an important way for biologists 


to collect data about wildlife including 

information about wildlife diseases like 


rabies that can also affect people

In 1996, the Association began one of the 


most ambitious research projects in the 


history of conservation—a program to 


develop Best Management Practices 


(BMPs) for regulated trapping. The 


program aims to improve and modernize 

the technology of trapping through 


research that evaluates animal welfare; 


identifies efficient tools and techniques; 


and develops recommendations for state 


fish and wildlife agencies to consider as an 


element of their wildlife management 


programs.




To date, 22 BMPs have been produced




http://www.fishwildlife.org/index.php?


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