After more than a decade of advocating for a statewide trapping ban on public land, an anti-trapping group is taking more of a local approach, asking pet owners where around Missoula their dogs should be able to safely run free.

Last Thursday, Footloose Montana director Stephen Capra talked to about 30 people at the Imagine Nation Brewing Company about an issue that dog owners could face if they like recreating along the rivers near town.

“There have been a number of dogs within the last eight years that have wound up in snares or traps in or around the city,” Capra said. “Even though trapping is…