May 21, 2020
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission turned down a petition Thursday aiming to alert trail users to active wolf-hunting zones and require trappers to place signs at trailheads and campgrounds within 25 feet of traps and snares.
Authored by Suzanne Stone of the Wood River Wolf Project, Garrick Dutcher of Living With Wolves in Ketchum and two other Idaho-based conservationists, the petition’s goal was to help trail users and accompanying children or dogs avoid unintentional injury.
“Most Idahoans are unaware that trappers are legally allowed to place traps so close to public trails and campgrounds,” it read. “They are also unaware of the procedures for safely removing a dog from a leghold or body-gripping trap or snare.”
The Fish and Game Commission denied the petition last week after deeming its sign requests unnecessary and burdensome, according to a press release. The commission’s six members…
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