The Animal Protection Institute has compiled a list of
quotes from trapping and fur industry magazines for organizations and
activists to use to further their work toward banning fur trapping.
Categories of quotes include the following:
1. Trap Modification (Admission by trappers that they
modify traps to make them stronger, etc.)
2. Injuries Caused by Traps (to target and non-target animals)
3. Non-Target Species Caught in Traps
4. Economics of Trapping
5. Status of Fur
6. Threat of Initiatives, Laws, and Regulatory Changes to Trapping
7. Induction of Children
8. Killing of Trapped Animals
9. Animals Struggling in Traps
10. Miscellaneous Insanity
Quotes are pulled from the following publications:
*American Trapper
*Trapper & Predator Caller
*Fur World
*Fur-Fish-Game
*Misc. pubs.
To access this compilation of quotes please see API's
web site:
API: Quotable Quotes on Trapping
http://www.api4animals.org/IssuesAndAdvocacyCampaigns/Wildlife/TrappersQuotes.htm
API will also be publishing a comprehensive book on
trapping in the United States which will include information on state
trapping regulations, total numbers of animals trapped in each state
over the past decade, information on trap research, etc. The book will
be available to activists and organizations this spring. Check out our
web site at www.api4animals.org to find out more information about
trapping; a notice will posted on our web site when the book is
available to the public.
Camilla Fox
Wildlife Program Coordinator
Animal Protection Institute
P.O. Box 22505
Sacramento, CA 95822
(916) 731-5521
(916) 731-4467 (fax)
onlineapi@aol.com (e-mail)
http://www.api4animals.org (Web site)
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