The following link leads to a story about an effort to remove a leg trap and the Kafka-esque reaction of a game warden.<\/p>\n
10,000 Birds | Shutting Your Trap<\/a> <\/p>\n The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The others allow resident psychopaths to legally indulge in their hobby of torturing whatever unlucky creature puts a foot wrong, as non-targeted animals make up a significant percentage of those who eventually die after hours \u00e2\u20ac\u201c if not days -of pain and struggle. <\/p>\n A recent thread on my Raptorcare listserv produced one wildlife rehabilitator\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nightmarish photo of a leghold trap firmly clutching the leg of a Great Horned Owl. <\/strong>No owl, just the leg. <\/p>\n Help ban this barbarism<\/a> in other states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n 10,000 Birds | Shutting Your Trap<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The following link leads to a story about an effort to remove a leg trap and the Kafka-esque reaction of a game warden. 10,000 Birds | Shutting Your Trap The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. The others allow resident psychopaths to … Continue reading Trapping is loathsome<\/span> \n