Each year approximately 10 million animals are trapped in the wild, so that they can be skinned for fur coats. The primary tools used by fur trappers are the following: leghold trap, the body grip (Conibear) trap, and the wire snare.Fur trapping is a barbaric activity, done to supply people with an object of vanity, a fur coat. Clearly this animal suffering cannot be justified with such a frivolous end product.Leghold trap:-The leghold trap is made up of two metal jaws, powered by high strength springs, which slam shut on an animals paw when triggered.
Initial impact of the steel jaws causes injury, but the majority of damage is caused as the animal struggles to break free. Within the first 30 minutes of capture, a trapped animal can tear her flesh, rip tendons, break bones, and even knock out teeth as she bites the trap to escape. In cases where animals are able to escape, many die from blood loss, infection, and inability to hunt with an amputated limb..
Leghold traps set in the water and are called “drowning sets” and primarily target beaver, muskrat, and mink. 
The average time length required to actually drown an animal is nine minutes and thirty seconds. In one study, some beavers would hold on for as long as twenty minutes before their lungs gave out.
Connibear traps:-Conibear traps are kill traps consisting of two metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs to create a scissorlike action.
Conibear traps are supposed to kill animals instantly by snapping the spinal column at the base of the neck. However, traditional Conibear traps kill less than 15% of trapped animals quickly, and more than 40% die slow, painful deaths as their abdomens, heads, or other body parts are crushed.
Wire snares:- Another commonly used fur trap is the snare. The snare trap is made of cable, and is shaped like noose. When an animal walks through the noose, they are caught. The more a snared animal struggles, the tighter the noose becomes, the tighter the noose, the greater the animal struggles -- and suffers. It is truly a vicious cycle. . Body snares are designed to kill animals by strangulation or by crushing vital organs.
While small victims of neck snares may become unconscious in five to ten minutes from strangulation, larger animals may suffer for days.
Traps kill other animals.
TRAPS have also killed dogs, cats, birds and any other innocent creature that happens to cross its path.
The animals trapped will die slowly, through starvation, from freezing or even being eaten by other predators. )
The animals trapped will die slowly, through starvation, from freezing or even being eaten by other predators. )
Traps will capture an animal other than the one the trapper was targeting. These are often referred to as “trash” animals, and are generally killed and thrown away. Those that are released usually die shortly thereafter from trap inflicted injuries. These non-target animals frequently include dogs, cats, birds, squirrels, opossums, and endangered species.
5 million "non-target" animals including dogs, cats, birds, squirrels, opossums, and endangered species are killed each year by fur traps; many children are also hurt.
2 comments:
I trap for meat. I eat the animals. And this article is biased. Similar to gun control advocates. Ever see a coyote kill and eat a deer? The deer fights for hours before giving up and laying down, then the coyotes begin eating its guts while it's still alive.
Catching a coyote with a foothold trap doesnt break their bones... if it did, the coyote would escape and us trappers would never catch coyotes... only coyote paws. Sometimes when I find a coyote in a foothold its sleeping... and when I do let them go they run away fine...
Even wildlife control officers use footholds to trap and relocate problem animals... both missing limbs.
I do think snares are cruel though.
And pet dogs can be avoided by using common sense
No* missing limbs
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