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Lisa Winkler: Why is trapping a sport? Whose rights are infringed by banning it?

Lisa Winkler: Why is trapping a sport? Whose rights are infringed by banning it?

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This commentary is by Lisa Winkler, a resident of Middlebury.

I’ve been following the painfully (figuratively and literally) laborious process the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has been rolling out to amend or installAct 159andAct 165laws covering trapping and hunting coyotes with dogs.

Once again, state officials have allowed the public to respond, and although many of us have done this in the past to no avail, I felt compelled…