Spring 2007 email: I live in
Antelope Valley and we’re having similar problems in the north valleys with
these terrible things.
I [have] 8×10 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.
March 2007 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.
Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) Chapter 503 states: “It is unlawful for any person, company or corporation to place or set any trap, snare or similar device used for the purpose of trapping mammals within 200 feet of any public road or highway within this State. “
January 2007 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 …
Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) Chapter 503 states: “It is unlawful for any person, company or corporation to place or set any trap, snare or similar device used for the purpose of trapping mammals within 200 feet of any public road or highway within this State. “
November 2008 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.
Usually we don’t assault viewers with gory photos. But this is just the tip of the iceberg; there is no bottom to trapper callousness, sadism and cruelty.
