Raccoon sitting in a blue container with paw caught in a metal trap.
Photo by Critter Care Wildlife Society

Help Restrict Body-Gripping Traps on Wildlife Refuges

Nearly half of all National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) lands allow the use of steel-jaw leghold and other body-gripping traps, which aren’t selective about who they catch and inflict prolonged agony on anyone caught in their grip. No wild animal, pet, or person should fear a bone-crushing trap snapping shut on them on land that is meant to be a haven for wildlife and the public. Please ask your US representative to cosponsor the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act (H.R. 4108), legislation to remove these traps from the NWRS, with limited exceptions.

 

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