(South Dakota)-Groups Call For Ban On Use Of Live Mammals As Bait

[frogmarch]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) - South Dakota game officials and representatives from trapping and fur-harvesting organizations are calling for a ban on the use of live mammals as bait.

Reports of live animals such as domestic cats being used to bait coyote and bobcat traps prompted the state's Game, Fish and Parks Commission to recently propose a ban.

The commission has received complaints from people hiking or walking in the Black Hills who have come across a small cat in a trap that hasn't been fed or watered for several days.

Keith Fisk with the commission says the rise in prices paid for bobcat pelts could compel inexperienced trappers to use live bait.

Larry Bowden with the Western South Dakota Fur Harvesters says the organization supports the proposed ban.

http://chadrad.com/newsstory.cfm?story=33497

I was going to say what I’d like to do to people who abuse animals, but I didn’t want to lose my DU posting privileges.

[joeybee12]

1. Jeaus freaking Santa Claus

What the fuck is wrong with some people???

[mike_c]

2. now what the hell am I supposed to do with the poodle...?

[arcane1]

3. Let's put a stop to hunting animals for their pelts while we're at it.

This isn't the ice-age anymore.

[LuvNewcastle]

4. It's a shame that some people have such a loathing for cats.

My mom hates them. Her father told her that cats carry diseases, and even today they give her the creeps. In my grandfather's defense, he was rather ignorant in a lot of ways -- he was never really able to read -- so he probably believed that because of something he heard. People torture cats and do all sorts of things to them that they would never do to dogs.

Anyway, I hope they stop this practice. And like someone said above, I wish they would stop hunting for pelts as well. There's no need for it anymore, unless you're living a primitive lifestyle somewhere and need the hides for protection.

[2naSalit]

5. These

f*ckers are trapping, cruelty to the trapped animals as well. they just don't have any concept of respect or ecological conepts either.