The Guelph (Ontario, Canada) City council unanimously approved a bylaw banning body-gripping traps, moving to informally name it Harper’s bylaw after the Jack Russell terrier that suffocated in a trap on industrial lands. Harper died in his owner’s arms in December 2006 with his head trapped in a Conibear body-gripping trap. This spurred the community to action and motivated council to direct a committee and staff to draft the ban. … The bylaw bans all body-gripping traps, which have the intention to kill.
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Body-gripping trap ban unanimously approved
Nicole O’Reilly
Guelph Mercury