It only took one experience with a friend’s dog getting caught in a steel jaw trap that motivated me into the quest to ban traps. All of them! Not only snares, Conibear traps and steel jaw traps but ...

A national animal rights organization has jumped into the fray of what to do about a grizzly bear that’s been spotted in Teton County, Wyoming, with a Conibear-style trap clamped onto its front paw.

A golden eagle caught in a steel leg trap near Missoula was euthanized Saturday. Golden and bald eagles are a federally protected species and using traps to catch birds is illegal. Killing an eagle or ...

The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act would amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the possession or use of body-gripping traps within the National Wildlife ...

Many northerners will recognize the Conibear Trap. It was invented by Frank Conibear in 1957 and lauded as a relatively humane and quick-killing device used by fur trappers. Conibear, who developed ...