New Refuge for Cruel Trapping Act Could Protect Animals From Trapping

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By Abigail Jane

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TheRefuge for Cruel Trapping Actwasrecently released in the US legislatureto prohibit the possession and use of body-gripping traps.

Body-gripping traps arecruel and inhumane. While also being a danger to wildlife, humans, and pets. The only exception to this bill would apply to wildlife management, where nonlethal options are not effective.Advertisementhttps://player.hb.selectmedia.asia/prebid/iframe.html?adid=1215f7789169ba735&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.onegreenplanet.org

Cathy Liss, AWI President,said, “We thank Chairman Nadler and Representative Blumenauer for their commitment to ending the use of cruel traps in our country’s refuges. Body-gripping traps, such as strangling snares, Conibear traps, and steel-jaw leghold traps. Are inhumane and indiscriminate. Public lands belong to all of us, not just the select few who wish to…