by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
March 7, 2013 told in person
I live off Deer Run in Carson City and was walking my dogs around the 23rd of Feb. back behind our house on the BLM land, it was very slippery and muddy on the dirt roads so i was just walking off along the sides of the roads when I came upon a tree with a ball of foil. You see all kinds of human trash back there so I thought it was someone hanging some of it off a tree when all of a sudden I hear a loud “snap” and my dog yelp but luckily for me, he took off running. Later I heard I was lucky there was only “one” trap not two, This really concerns my husband and I cause I frequently hike behind our place, not only with my dogs but the neighbors’ too. That trap wasn’t far off any trail, not even a mile from Deer Run road. Trapping is so inhuman, how can people be OK with allowing anything to suffer in a trap. Let me know when you are going to address this and if I’m not working I’d be more than happy to join you.
by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
Posted by MarkRobison at 4/17/2012 10:43 AM PDT on rgj.com
Upon seeing yesterday’s story about David Fulton being convicted of placing a trap too close to a roadway — an action that snared Jason and Amie Ruckmans’ dog Gretchen — Kim from Reno wrote to ask if that trap was the same as one that caught her dog on Jan. 5. [ Photo is the trap that caught Gretchen] It is the same trap, based on the Ruckmans’ photos, except that Fulton later added snares because, he told me, something kept tripping the trap but not getting caught.
Kim wrote:
Our Cain Terrier, Molly was caught in a live steel trap near the South Valley Sports Complex on January 5 this year. I wonder when Gretchen was caught in a trap and if the live steel trap was the same one Molly was caught in.
I thought the trap was set up by the park authority because of the label attached to the trap.
Fulton had added a notice saying the trap was “authorized.” It wasn’t. (He thought it was authorized because he purchased a trapping license.)
Since passage of SB364, law now requires trapper ID or NDOW registration number on all traps set on public land. And the public has the right to disturb a trap that poses obvious risk.
by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
Told in person: I was hiking in Dog Valley about three years ago. I saw a bunch of traps. [Note: Dog Valley is a very popular recreation area.]
by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
Tuesday, November 08, 2011 Exhibit Posted by NDOW
Hello my name is Charles Rahn I am a Nevada outdoorsman and hunter and I am writing to support new regulation to have traps checked every 24 hours and be placed far from residences. I have seen animals wasted in leg traps for weeks and stumbled across many traps that have been anchored directly on paths. At a time when sportsmen are seeing a sharp decrease in reverence as every NASCAR yahoo try’s to shoot something from the heated seat on his quad, it is important that all sportsmen take on the role of ambassador. The trapping practices surrounding pyramid lake have been despicable.
Thank you
Charles Rahn
by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
Wednesday, November 09, 2011 Exhibit Posted on NDOW Website
Two years ago my dog was caught in a trap, within 80 ft of a trail, 300 ft of King Street in Carson City. I hiked from the house at 209 Sussex Place, across King St. and up a well used off road trail. A scent was near the trap and several reflective streamers. It ws a cold day in January with a lot of snow on the ground, the dog was in severe pain, while I attempted to release the trap. I called a friend who called animal control and 2 hours later a state or county official came to my rescue to release the trap. There was no name on the trap and it was in violation of trapping regulations, also the reflective lures and the bait at the trap were illegal. Trapping is a painful and slow death for animals caught,and does not discriminate, many pets are caught and die in these inhuman contraptions that do not serve any purpose other than to reward the trapper several hundred dollars, and a horrible torturous death to the animal. Myself and all I have spoken to after the event, cannot understand why any such devices are allowed in the State of Nevada or in any civilized society.
Robert Jones
by Trish Swain | Jun 24, 2019 | Incidents
Dec. 20,2011 Email
Hello,
I came across your site after doing some research regarding
NV state trapping laws.
Yesterday, I was out on public land walking my dog when he
became caught by a leg hold trap. To say
the experience was tramatic and horrific would be an understatement. I managed to get the trap off of him, got bit
somewhat in the process, but I can’t blame him as he was very fearful and no
doubt in pain. Fortunately, after a trip
to the vets for x-rays etc., other than some bruising & swelling, it
appears that no serious damage was done at this point, but I’m still very much
shaken by the event.
I looked online to see what the laws were. It would seem to be common
sense for it to be posted that traps are in the area, but it seems there
is no such requirement therefore I’m appalled that this trapping was
being done legally most likely. I’m not
against hunting/trapping per
se, altho I’ve always felt the leg hold traps were cruel, and after having my
dog get caught by one, feel even more so about that, especially after learning
the trapper isn’t required to check the trap for 90 some hours.
I live in Elko county so the new law wouldn’t help here, I
would like to
see a ban on these traps statewide, or at the very least, require that
it be posted traps are in the area and the trappers are required to
visit the traps more often. Had such a
sign been posted we would have
immediately left the area. I enjoy
walking my dog, off leash, on public
lands, but now am very wary of doing so during trapping season. I’ve seen some of the trappers’ defense of
“Well, the dog should have been on a leash”. What about hunting dogs? And afterall, there should be some areas,
i.e. public lands, where a dog can be allowed to be off leash, and well…be a
dog! I realize there are risks with
that, such as snakes & possibly injuries from running through woods and
rocks etc., but it doesn’t seem right to me to now have to take into account
there’s also hidden, undisclosed, buried traps, that can cause serious bodily
harm to either pet or human, that may be out there lurking. Short of avoiding letting my dog off leash
during trapping season, I’m now extremely paranoid of going out on public land
for hiking.
In the meantime, what can I do, being in Elko county, to help facilitate
passage of more reasonable, safe and above all humane, trapping laws?
If you have any advice or suggestions, I would be grateful.
Here is evidence that the “rurals” have differences of opinion about trapping. A Feb. 28, 2017 poll conducted by Remington Research Group shows the majority of Nevadans
in all Congressional districts favor banning traps
