We have before the Montana legislature HB287 for mandatory daily trap checks.
In Montana, we have no required time frame a trapper must check their traps and snares. Two exceptions apply. One is for bobcat traps set in designated lynx protection zones, which require 48 hour trap checks. Traps set for wolves require a 48 hour visual trap check. All other traps and snares can be secreted, unmarked, unattended, baited and legally go unchecked for days, even weeks. 48 hours is a recommendation in Montana trapping regulations, not a requirement.
Trapped animals are exposed to the elements, the bitter cold, risk frostbite, dehydration, and are unable to escape from other animals attacking and killing them. Trapped animals commonly suffer from mouth injuries and some, tooth loss, as was the recent case of the little dog trapped overnight in Helena. Animals bite at the trap to try to…
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