Join us in supporting our petition to end beaver trapping.

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Demand an end to trapping of beavers in Stanley Park Marsh.

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“Drowning traps” are currently being used to kill beavers, so they don’t build dams, at Stanley Park Marsh in Canada. Drowning is a horribly cruel death that no animal should suffer. <https://www.care2.com/go/z/e/A_ZJ4/zUMz/js4K>

Concerned local people recently released a drowning beaver from one of these traps. That beaver was in absolute distress. The beaver was pulled to shore and when released it was exhausted. It caught its breath, groomed itself and slipped into the water, hopefully to survive after the trauma. Many more beavers will not be so lucky.

If it’s essential to stop dams being built in this particular area, non-lethal methods should be used, such as relocating the beavers to another park. But ideally, beavers should be allowed…