Comments on: Dog Trapped in a Snare For Two Weeks, Survives – VIDEO

By: Adrian N

Adrian N — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:36:46 +0000

This is an unfortunate and all too common story. Pets and wildlife are caught and subjected to torture in traps everyday. Occasionally even children have fallen victim to these cruel traps while playing in local woods. While trappers are required to check traps, the regulations vary state to state and are often far too long. The horrific truth with snares, is that they are considered a killing trap and as such reguire very infrequent checking, often 21 days is the standard. The trapping industry figures an animal will strangle to death very quickly, but clearly this isn’t always the case.
The good news is trapping is declining, and hopefully we will see an end to this cruel endevour soon.
People can put pressure on their local goverments to ban these cruel traps, but in the meantime keep your dogs and loved ones close and be aware of the dangers that are out there.

By: Jessie B

Jessie B — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:19:52 +0000

Yes, I agree Deanna, traps are horrible cruel gadgets to make animals suffer more than kill them. I hope there are no traps around the ranch I keep my horses at. Our dear friend that runs this ranch has the exact dogs you described. They work (and work hard), guard anything and everything around this large ranch (lots of acres), and , yes, they stay outside and have shelters, 24/7, 365 days a year. They are very well fed and very loved. I felt bad for them at first and now realize, they would not be happy any other way. This is their way of life. I know I would feel horrible if I found one of these sweet baby’s caught in a stupid trap! Isn’t there a way we can outlaw them? Isn’t there an alternative to trapping? Hopefully not something stupid, like poisioning. What can we, as animal lovers, do to help this situation?

By: jeffrey griffith

jeffrey griffith — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:59:23 +0000

Hi Everybody and Debbie I could not agree more about traps they need to be checked if not I think they should make traps that if they are not reset then they should open because that is no way for man or animals to die and I’m sure it could be done for a few bucks each not a lot of money ……jeffrey

By: Debbie

Debbie — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:33:53 +0000

I believe there are laws that mandate checking of traps every so many days…not sure what that is or if it varies from state to state, but it may be possible that this guy can be charged for not checking his traps often enough. Maybe it cannot be proved as to how long the dog was actually in the trap though. I definitely am against trapping though – it does seem like a cruel death.