MISSOULA, Mont. — One of the men responsible for illegally setting traps in Missoula city limits and killing a dog was sentenced Wednesday. The dog, Betsy, died in a conibear trap placed in an open ...

(CN) - Maine is not required to ban leghold traps to protect threatened Canada lynx, the 1st Circuit ruled, because the state took sufficient measures to ban deadly "Conibear" traps. The Animal ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the reintroduction of the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act yesterday by Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Nita Lowey (D-NY).

Washington, DC—The Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act was reintroduced last Friday in the House of Representatives by Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC). This bill would prohibit the import and export of, ...

Two Missoula men are facing state and city code violations for setting traps near the Clark Fork River that killed a family's dog on Sunday. Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...

(CN) - The U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation that would ban the use of animal traps in national wildlife refuges. Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey of New York introduced the bill, ...

It was an awfully sad day for Jen Tuttle. A terrible day, really, full of anger and tears. Her 8-year-old female springer spaniel died before her eyes with the steel arms of a conibear trap clamped ...