Trapping Poses Serious Threat to Reclusive Carnivores
MISSOULA, Mont.— Five conservation groups filed a rulemaking petition today asking the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission to ban trapping of Northern Rockies fishers along the Montana-Idaho border. Trapping is a serious threat to this small and isolated fisher population.
“Too many Northern Rockies fishers have died an untimely death in Montana traps in the past decade,” said Andrea Santarsiere, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It’s time for the state to protect these imperiled carnivores instead of caving to the wishes of a few trappers.”
From 2002 to 2016, 186 fishers were reportedly killed in traps set for other species in Idaho and Montana, while 243 fishers in Idaho were released alive or in “unknown” condition. Montana does not record information on fishers trapped but released alive.
Scientists have long considered trapping a grave threat to Northern Rockies…
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Exposing the Big Game 
Treating wildlife like trash has to stop. Wouldn’t it be nice if one of these sadistic trappers was caught in his own trap and left for days.
It’d be all about him and he wouldn’t make the animal cruelty connection.