In Defense of Animals (IDA)
August 2015
Please help animals in national wildlife refuges to be protected from the
cruelties of trapping, and contact your representative and senators today
and urge them to cosponsor the Refuge from Cruel
Trapping Act (H.R. 2016 or S. 1081).
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an online petition here
AND/OR better yet, make direct contact:
Find and contact your U.S. Senators
http://www.senate.gov/
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http://www.house.gov/
Trapping is allowed on more than half of our nation’s 563 wildlife
refuges comprising about 150 million acres. Every year, more refuges are
opened up to the archaic practice of trapping and killing wild animals for
recreation and profit (fur), although polls have shown that 79% of Americans
believe trapping on National Wildlife Refuges should be prohibited, while
88% believe wildlife and habitat preservation should be the highest priority
of the refuge system.
A bill to prohibit the use of body-gripping traps, the Refuge from Cruel
Trapping Act (H.R. 2016/S. 1081) has been introduced in both the US House of
Representatives and the Senate by Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Sen. Cory
Booker (D-NJ).
Body-gripping traps—steel-jaw foothold traps, cable snares and Conibear
traps---are archaic devices that can cause painful injuries, such as
fractures, dislocation, laceration, hemorrhage, and even forced amputations
when the trapped animal chews off his or her own limb to escape the trap.
Animals often linger in traps and snares for several days while struggling
with horrific pain, trauma and a prolonged and painful death. Trapped
animals still alive by the time the trapper returns, will be clubbed,
strangled, shot or stomped to death, or drowned.
Wildlife refuges should be just that – safe havens for all wild animals.
Also, visitors should not have to worry about their own safety or that of
their family members, including children and animal companions nor should
they have to worry about coming across an injured or dead animal in a trap.
Thank you for everything you do for animals!
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