Ban Leghold Traps in Maryland
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BAN LEGHOLD TRAPS IN MARYLAND
Our group is working to convince the Maryland legislators to ban the use of steel leghold animal traps in that their use inflicts horrible pain on the trapped animals. Read about this issue below. Please sign our online petition for MARYLAND. Note that you must indicate your county in Maryland in order to have greater impact on the legislators. Thank you for your compassion!
Steel leg hold traps cause animals to die desperate, agonizing deaths.
If you are unfamiliar with the horrors of leghold traps, visit http:/www.banlegholdtraps.com/activ.html.
Traps are placed where animals travel frequently, along creek beds, for instance or in trees. Sometimes the trap locations are baited with urine or sex gland scents that lure the animal to a certain trap.
The animal is surprised, painfully gripped and restrained alive. Not infrequently, the animal is clamped on a part of the body that is excruciatingly painful, such as on an eye, the muzzle, or the abdomen.
In an agony of pain and confusion, the animal struggles in frenzy, often mutilating themselves, dislocating joints, breaking their teeth, chewing their leg or paw in an attempt to break free. If they succeed, the traumatized animal has scant hope for survival in the wild; death will come surely by infection, by starvation or by the animals being an easy prey to their predators. Trappers have a name for the phenomenon of animals chewing off their own extremities to escape; they call it "wring-off". To the trapper, it means they have lost a pelt.
For the animal unable to break free, death is no kinder. Exhaustion and unconsciousness are the kindest possibilities, but there are other, grimmer modes of death in the trap. In some jurisdictions the laws pertaining to checking the traps vary from once every 24 hours to once every five days - and such laws are really unenforceable. An animal who does not die quickly is faced with excruciating pain and a desperately panic-filled wait.
What's Happening in Maryland
During the 2003 General Assembly session, the issue of banning leghold traps was studied. The proposal was rejected. Among other things, the study noted that there are about 1,200 licensed trappers in Maryland. A ban would result in them not buying licenses ($24.50) thus costing the state $8,300 annually. Outrageous! Further, the study states that a leghold trap ban "...could also affect the small businesses that buy fur from trappers and sell it to garment manufacturers." That is precisely what we want to accomplish.
If you wish to read a full transcript of study, send an email to [email protected]
Our group is working to convince the Maryland legislators to ban the use of steel leghold animal traps in that their use inflicts horrible pain on the trapped animals. Read about this issue below. Please sign our online petition for MARYLAND. Note that you must indicate your county in Maryland in order to have greater impact on the legislators. Thank you for your compassion!
Steel leg hold traps cause animals to die desperate, agonizing deaths.
If you are unfamiliar with the horrors of leghold traps, visit http:/www.banlegholdtraps.com/activ.html.
Traps are placed where animals travel frequently, along creek beds, for instance or in trees. Sometimes the trap locations are baited with urine or sex gland scents that lure the animal to a certain trap.
The animal is surprised, painfully gripped and restrained alive. Not infrequently, the animal is clamped on a part of the body that is excruciatingly painful, such as on an eye, the muzzle, or the abdomen.
In an agony of pain and confusion, the animal struggles in frenzy, often mutilating themselves, dislocating joints, breaking their teeth, chewing their leg or paw in an attempt to break free. If they succeed, the traumatized animal has scant hope for survival in the wild; death will come surely by infection, by starvation or by the animals being an easy prey to their predators. Trappers have a name for the phenomenon of animals chewing off their own extremities to escape; they call it "wring-off". To the trapper, it means they have lost a pelt.
For the animal unable to break free, death is no kinder. Exhaustion and unconsciousness are the kindest possibilities, but there are other, grimmer modes of death in the trap. In some jurisdictions the laws pertaining to checking the traps vary from once every 24 hours to once every five days - and such laws are really unenforceable. An animal who does not die quickly is faced with excruciating pain and a desperately panic-filled wait.
What's Happening in Maryland
During the 2003 General Assembly session, the issue of banning leghold traps was studied. The proposal was rejected. Among other things, the study noted that there are about 1,200 licensed trappers in Maryland. A ban would result in them not buying licenses ($24.50) thus costing the state $8,300 annually. Outrageous! Further, the study states that a leghold trap ban "...could also affect the small businesses that buy fur from trappers and sell it to garment manufacturers." That is precisely what we want to accomplish.
If you wish to read a full transcript of study, send an email to [email protected]
824 Signatures
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J. O
- Your County in Maryland
- Cecil
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Olga M
- Comment
- How would YOU feel if you get trapped in one of those ?
- Your County in Maryland
- Spokane
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Marcia B
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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p. d
- Comment
- prevent the sickness to continue
- Your County in Maryland
- annapolis
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Suzette Karen P
- Your County in Maryland
- baltimore city
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Donna N
- Your County in Maryland
- Harford
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Francine P
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Jill G
- Comment
- I have been trying to end this despicable and disgusting practice for years. It shouldn't surprise me that, even in such a liberal state, the almighty dollar rules, because, in all these years, I have been able to get very few legislators to listen to me. We are now in the 21st century - it is WAY past time to get rid of these medieval torture devices. I have known several pet dogs in Maryland who sustained severe injuries from these traps. What's it going to take, Maryland? A child losing an appendage?
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Deborah K
- Comment
- While riding my horse when I lived in PA, I witnessed a poor dog caught, with a mangled foot, in a leghold trap. No animal should suffer that way.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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vivian b
- Your County in Maryland
- montgomery
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Thomas B
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Lynda C
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Laura W
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Lisa D
- Comment
- It's time to stop
- Your County in Maryland
- Allegheny
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J. P
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- Why is our state so sick to allow these? There are animal cruelty laws. I suggest you abide by them . This is NO hunt for sport or for necessary food.
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore
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anne h
- Comment
- I thought we were a civilised nation, this is barbaric
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Jacquelyn D
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore City
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Laura C
- Comment
- Ban this animal cruelty
- Your County in Maryland
- Allegeny
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jodi n
- Comment
- Therse are SO inhumane, I hope to see them banned nationwide
- Your County in Maryland
- Dallas Texas
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Prestley M
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore
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Anthony s
- Your County in Maryland
- annapolis
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Debbie J
- Comment
- Please ban these traps.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Patricia K
- Your County in Maryland
- Carroll
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Jean C
- Comment
- There's no excuse for such cruelty.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Chantal B
- Your County in Maryland
- Belgium
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Rachel
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- animals dont deserve what they get
- Your County in Maryland
- calvert county
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Angela H
- Your County in Maryland
- Calvert County
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Mary F
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- Leghold traps should never have been allowed in the first place. They should be banned immediately.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Cheryl K
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Chris J. H
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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DIANE A
- Your County in Maryland
- Frederick
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Clara Ann H
- Your County in Maryland
- Anne Arundel
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Barbara J M
- Comment
- Please stop this truly barbaric practice
- Your County in Maryland
- Washington
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Maryam T
- Comment
- Please ban this barbaric practice
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Don G
- Your County in Maryland
- Carroll
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Janet D
- Comment
- This is an outrage and must be discontinued!
- Your County in Maryland
- Anne Arundel
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Beatrice L. D
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore
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crystal m
- Your County in Maryland
- washington county
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Maggie M
- Comment
- Please stop this!
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore City
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Jennifer S
- Your County in Maryland
- Fairfax
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Madeline D
- Comment
- horror, suffering, barbaric and inexcusable
- Your County in Maryland
- AA
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Colleen R
- Comment
- There are always other options- more humane
- Your County in Maryland
- Howard
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Cindy S
- Your County in Maryland
- Anne Arundel
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Ellen T
- Your County in Maryland
- Baltimore
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O'Shea W
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Jane M
- Comment
- Leghold traps create cruel and unnecessary suffering; they need to be banned forever.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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GraceJanelle S
- Comment
- Please support this ban -- we are inhumane to continue this practice.
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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james h
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Christine U
- Your County in Maryland
- Montgomery
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Simone M
- Your County in Maryland
- Howard
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