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A German Shepherd was discovered by the assistant conservation supervisor of the provincial Department of Natural Resources in the Loch Lomond watershed area with her head stuck in a Conibear trap. After freeing the large German shepherd mix, the man quickly took her to the Animal Rescue League shelter. The shelter’s executive diretor said she was surprised the dog survived the ordeal. “The dog’s head went into the trap on an angle,” she said. “This dog should be dead, it’s just fortunate that the head didn’t go in straight.” The dog has a badly swollen muzzle and seems to be traumatized, but should be able to recover. A veterinarian inspected the dog, and said she should be kept quiet and calm while she heals. The trap was set legally.

A neighbor lady had someone set traps to try to catch a fox that had been killing her chickens. This was near homes, within city limits. Dixie was caught in the trap overnight. Veterinarian treatment consisted of x-rays, setting of bones, and a special bandage to draw out an infection, at an cost of $1,000. Dixie’s guardian wrote, “This lady knows there are a lot of outside cats around this area. She’s an old lady, good neighbor, I don’t know what she was thinking.” As of report time, the woman had not been charged.

Grizzly was playing with another dog in front of his house while his caregiver was shoveling his driver. Grizzly apparently smelled meat used as bait in a bucket on a neighbor’s porch. He was gone just moments, but, all bloody and crazed with pain, came running back with a Conibear 220 trap on his head. Two animal control officers took Grizzly to Pet Emergency but he died in transit. It took four people to get the trap off the dead dog’s head. The trap was set illegally. Police are investigating.

A yellow lab hunting dog got caught in a foothold trap left for wildlife on the edge of a yard. The dog was released with no apparent injury.

A pet dog got caught in a body grip trap left for wildlife on a road. The dog was released with no apparent injury.

A pet cat got caught in a foothold trap left for wildlife on a trail. The cat was released and received no apparent injury.

A pet dog got caught in a body grip trap left for wildlife set along a chain link fence in a grassy field. The dog received no apparent injury.

A brittany spaniel hunting dog got caught in a body grip trap left for wildlife set in a forest near a body of water. The dog died as a result.

A lab hunting dog got caught in a body grip trap left for wildlife set on a trail near a body of water. The dog received no apparent injury.

Efforts by the borough of Verdun to eradicate troublesome beavers on Nuns’ Island have resulted in one dead dog and several angry residents. A Borough spokesperson confirmed that the dog died after getting its head caught in a trap that had been set at the water’s edge near two condo buildings. The borough had contracted Nature Action, a group specializing in managing wildlife, which in turn had hired a professional trapper to set four beaver traps. The rodents have been destroying trees along the shoreline at an alarming rate, it was claimed. One resident said that the beavers are not the main threat to the island’s trees. “It’s fine for the developers to cut down all the trees on the island, but not the beavers. I wish somebody would set a trap for developers,” she said.