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Sizerville State Park, PA — A dog was in the trap for an estimated 18 hours.

A bobcat was found in a snare set for raccoons, northwest of Kalona.

2 trappers freed a grey wolf they caught in a coyote trap, after the USDA Wildlife Services placed a radio collar on the wolf. The same trappers also caught wolf pups in their coyote traps in 2002 and released them.

Reports of missing “pets” led police to find a steel leghold trap with a cat’s paw in it at a man’s home. The man was fined $250 for using an illegal trap.

A dog was caught in 1 of the 19 snares placed in Upcountry Maui to try and capture large cat believed to be jaguar or leopard. After being released, the dog had 9 puppies.

A 62-year-old man was charged with felony animal cruelty for hanging a cat with a snare. The trap was intended to catch raccoons raiding his backyard goldfish ponds.

A radio-collared wolf was part of a study conducted by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources scientists to evaluate the impact of a temporary moratorium on wolf killing in all townships adjacent to Algonquin Park. Researchers discovered that a wire neck snare had slowly killed the wolf, found lying in a pool of blood.

A radio-collared wolf had broken free of the pole or tree holding the snare, but was found lying in a pool of blood.

Intentionally captured for a long-term conservation project, the bear was restrained in leg snare for as long as 24 hours before being anesthetized, marked, and released. Soon after he was sighted dead by helicopter.

31 residents were charged with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by using “pole-trapping” — placing a trap on a pole or perch to catch and kill hawks and owls to protect their gamecocks.