Sage with Stewart’s grandkids.
STAR VALLEY, WYO – It was last weekend. Christy Stewart was with family walking her dog up Wickiup Knoll Trail outside of Afton same as she’d done almost every day for the past four years. Her dog, a 3-year-old Pyrenees named “Sage,” practically grew up on that run.
On Sunday, Sage died on that trail.
Out of sight for just minutes, the dog caught a scent of fresh meat used to bait a bobcat snare. It didn’t take long. Sage suffocated, hung in a trap just 20 feet off the trail.
Afton Game Warden James Hobbs investigated the incident and reported the trap, baited using a cubby set, was legal. It was not signed in any way that Stewart noticed, and that was her main complaint.
“To me, it’s common sense of not setting a snare so close to…
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Exposing the Big Game 
she isn’t against trapping. No one should suffer this heartache but its ok to let wild animals strangle. what is wrong with this woman?….I hate trappers and trapping
From: Exposing the Big Game Reply-To: Exposing the Big Game Date: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 4:28 PM To: louise kane Subject: [New post] Pet dog strangled in bobcat snare during family outing in SV
Exposing the Big Game posted: ” “
Me too.
Anyone whose dog died in a snare who isn’t against traps gets no sympathy from me. I just feel bad for the dog.
Right.