Update: This bill did not complete the legislative process this session.
Bill Description: If passed, this bill would prohibit the use of leghold traps for recreational trapping statewide.
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Leghold traps are arbitrary and antiquated. These devices case immense suffering as the animals they capture may die of dehydration, starvation, or predation from other animals if the trapper fails to check the device soon after the animal stumbles into it. Furthermore, these devices are not species-selective. They are indiscriminate and sometimes catch and kill non-target animals, including family cats and dogs and endangered species.