By TROY OPPIE• FEB 24, 2021ShareTweetEmail
- Photos of common wildlife traps shown in an Idaho Fish and Game brochure on protecting pets from hunting traps.IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME
The potential expansion of wolf trapping into Blaine County — where it has never been allowed before — has drawn criticism from local officials and concerns about an increase in pet injuries in the highly-recreated area.ListenListening…1:54
Even now, Wood River Valley residents don’t need to travel far to reach legal wolf trapping ground, as State Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, who represents the area, did in January.
“We were about four miles from my truck when my dog made a hideous screech,” she said. “I knew immediately he must have gotten into something. We were right on the side of the road. It was a white trap in white snow.”
Her dog, a golden retriever…
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