2005 told in person: I was jogging, which I do frequently, at Rancho San Rafael. There was a very large trap set under a tree near the water. I narrowly escaped stepping in it. I told the park ranger who said traps were set there frequently. [Rancho San Rafael is a Washoe County owned property. It is very heavily used by the public for multi purposes]
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.
SB364 became law July 1, 2017. One measure requires NDOW (Nevada Department of Wildlife) to work with land management agencies to post warning signs where traps may be set
[told in person] I frequently hunt for chukar. A few years ago I was hunting with 3 friends. We all had our hunting dogs with us. We were in a remote area. I suddenly heard my dog screaming. It took a while to find him; he was caught in a trap and pulling with all his strength to get free. While my friends and I were trying to free him, we heard another dog screaming. My friend’s dog was also caught, in another trap in the area. We eventually managed to free both dogs who were terrified and exhausted. There are many of us hunters who do not want to deal with traps, and think they should be much more tightly regulated.
Not the hunting dog in the story, but a different hunting dog found wandering loose and injured from a trap.
[told in person] Although I hunt, I don’t like traps and will smash them whenever I find them. This is because my dog was caught a few years ago. My children and I managed to free him by smashing the trap with rocks.
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.
2005
told in person: My neighbor’s dog got loose and went to another neighbor’s yard.
That neighbor complained. So my neighbor tried to confine the dog, but the dog
got out a second time and went there again. This time the complaining neighbor
had set 7 traps. The dog was gone for a day and the owner was frantic. Finally,
they sent another dog to seek out the lost dog. She was found in one of the
traps with her leg broken. We then sprang all the other traps.
Trappers are in our midst – April 7, 2009 Letter to Editor, Reno Gazette Journal
I recently witnessed a sad sight. A large, healthy coyote, trying to cross Vista Boulevard in Sparks near the new Raley’s. I say trying because this animal’s left foreleg was a bloody stump, missing at the first joint. In obvious distress (panting, limping, in broad daylight), this animal awaits a lingering death from infection and starvation.
This animal was “trapped” in a residential area
where myself and others walk their pets. Legal or not, I will find these traps
and destroy them. Join me in action.
February 9, 2009 Reno Gazette Journal (RGJ) Letter to the Editor
While hiking above Pleasant Valley, my dog was caught in a steel trap. The trap was only about 30 feet away from a path that is obviously used with some frequency for hiking. Fortunately, a friend was with me and together we were able to free my dog.
I understand that trapping is legal in Nevada from November through February, but I question the good sense of it being allowed in areas easily accessed by nearby residents and their pets.
Beyond concerns for the safety of adults, children and their pets is the issue of the inhumanity of trapping wild animals simply to harvest their furs for clothing. If certain people simply must drape their bodies in the pelts of dead animals, there are those animals raised for that purpose, and I’m hoping that when they are harvested for their beautiful coats, that they are not first held captive in a trap without food for an unknown number of days and nights until the trapper decides to check his traps and then ends their suffering with a bullet to the head.
Please contact your legislator if you believe the laws regarding trapping in our state need to be addressed and modified.
Linda Anderson, Reno
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