Dr. Nan Zyla-Wisensale, a longtime animal welfare activist in Connecticut, said that she has been advocating to ban the use of leg-hold and body traps for decades without success.

Body-gripping traps include steel-jaw leghold traps, Conibear traps, and snares. “Body-gripping traps are antiquated devices that capture animals by snapping their body parts with bone-crushing force ...

The Jefferson Country Sheriff’s Office in Colorado is urging the public to discontinue the use of an all-too-common technique for catching unwanted animals — glue traps. Designed to adhere to any ...

A longstanding AWI priority, this bill would prohibit the import and export of, as well as interstate commerce in, two of the most notorious types of body-gripping traps—steel-jaw leghold and Conibear ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the latest setback for a species whose numbers ...

The body of another female tiger was found hours later about 500 meters (550 yards) away with a snare still embedded in her almost-severed neck and legs, he said.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has confirmed how two gray wolves have died. Female gray wolf #2514 died in Rocky ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has identified how two of Colorado's reintroduced gray wolves died earlier this year.