As Richmond’s doomed Bucky the beaver discovered, Virginia’s beavers just can’t win for losing. By 1911, the furry creatures had been hunted and trapped into near-extinction. Then, 30 years later, ...

The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation posted a sign near Smith Lake recently, warning people to stay away and to keep pets away from the area because beaver trapping for the ...

Signs that a beaver is in residence are evident all around the local pond. There are its teeth marks in the stumps of small ...

Then there is the issue of trapping. Animal groups are opposed to body traps, or Conibear traps, saying they are cruel and inhumane. Such a snare is usually set underwater and snatches a beaver that ...

Forty years ago, hunting and trapping were respected outdoor sports in Massachusetts. Hunters carried their deer proudly home on top of their cars. Trapping supplies could be bought at Sears and local ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold ...

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