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Wyoming Untrapped has petitioned the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to consider trapping reform earlier than later. One change the Jackson-based group has pushed for is 24-hour trap check. Currently, the state mandates traps must be checked every 72 hours. Photo: Jeff Vanuga
JACKSON, Wyo. – A Jackson-based wildlife advocacy group took a big step in petitioning for trapping reform in Wyoming by getting the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to at least consider changes to current regulations two years earlier than the agency had planned to revisit the issue.
Wyoming Untrapped (WU) petitioned the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to consider trap-free reform in 2020 instead of the scheduled 2022. The Commission responded by directing the Game and Fish Department to look into the matter by initiating an internal trapping reform stakeholder process statewide and deliver information…
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