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 Suffering
in the Wild
Animals like raccoons and foxes caught in steel-jaw leghold traps—the
most widely used trap—endure excruciating pain from the steel
bars clamped onto their legs, paws, and bodies. Some animals, especially
mothers desperate to return to their young, will struggle to get loose,
even chewing or twisting off their own legs to escape. Animals suffer
for hours or even days in traps before trappers arrive to stomp on
their chests or break their necks. The trapped animal is left to suffer
blood loss, infection, gangrene, exhaustion, exposure, frostbite,
shock, or attack by nonhuman predators. Other animals, such as beavers
and muskrats, caught in underwater traps can struggle for up to 20
minutes before drowning. Every year, traps also cripple and kill hundreds
of thousands of dogs, cats, birds, and other animals—including
endangered species—who are caught by mistake.
Click below for more information on animals caught in the wild for
their fur.
Trapping:
Pain for Profit
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