Beloved family pet dies in agony. Is it time to revisit the idea of fur trapping in Alaska?

[Joanne98]

One minute a family dog named Grizzly was playing in front of the house, the next he was shrieking and thrashing wildly, a trap locked in a death grip around his head, his face distorted by the pressure and pain.


The 4-year-old Rottweiler, pet of Tony and Natalie Lazenby and loved by others in the neighborhood, died a couple of hours later, his throat crushed, the Lazenbys said.

It took four people to get the trap off the dead dog's head.

The Conibear 220 spring-loaded trap that killed the dog Wednesday is now in the hands of authorities. It's designed to kill foxes, beavers and coyotes. Dogs occasionally die in them, too, but typically while on hikes with their owners in wild places, and typically in areas open to trapping.


Now it is important to note that this animal did not die due to a simple accident. This dog died because somebody set a trap specifically to kill it, or another dog just like him. Traps set within city limits are strictly forbidden.

Reading the description of how this beautiful animal suffered before it died will tear at the heart of anybody with even an ounce of humanity. Nothing should have to suffer like this in its final minutes of life.

Which brings me to yet another example of something Alaskan that I find personally repugnant.

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[Darth_Kitten]

1. That is sick, poor animal.

:(

[InvisibleTouch]

2. Fur trapping is horrendous any way you look at it.

In this day and age, we don't need to wear furs for survival. We're no longer living in the Ice Age. With equivalent materials that are even more insulating, there's no excuse, none whatsoever, for killing an animal for fur. I'm not against subsistence hunting for food, or killing livestock for food, as long as it's done quickly and humanely. There's nothing humane about a leghold trap.

I hope they catch the scumbag that set this trap, and shove him into one just like it, to suffer the same fate.

[Triana]

24. I agree 200% And I hope the scum that set the trap goes the same damn way. n/t

[leftofthedial]

3. that sucks. hard.

Maybe Alaskans should just shoot family pets from helicopters

[roguevalley]

31. yeah. blame the alaskans. they only voted down aerial hunting about

three times.

[Rebubula]

35. Shhh...

This is not about logic.

Take that shit elsewhere

:silly:

[the other one]

4. K and R And lets take this opportunity to consider

that more than 6 MILLION healthy pet animals die a gruesome death in kill shelters every year in this country.

Please spay and neuter your pets, and help spread the word to others.

[dkf]

5. That sounds dangerous period.

WTH was someone thinking?

[hendo]

6. Someone did something illegal

thats all there is to it. It sucks that someone killed this dog, but we should be pissed at the person who did it, not fur trappers in general. $20 the person who set the trap wasn't even a fur trapper.

[MercutioATC]

7. Be careful, you're sounding dangerously sane.

Not blame the entire fur trapping industry for one illegally set trap? How DARE you not make a wild knee-jerk condemnation of those who would harm fluffy bunnies!

[hendo]

8. indeed

how dare I make a point. I should be swept away like everyone else here.

FUR TRAPPERS ARE THE DEVIL!!! THEY MUST HAVE BEEN SENT BY PALIN AND BUSHCO TO KILL OFF THAT POOR DEFENSELESS DOGGIE!!!
:sarcasm:

[yardwork]

10. Every animal caught in those traps dies a horrible death.

Fur trapping is cruel and unnecessary.

[hendo]

13. This was the purposeful murder of a house pet

Stop making it about fur trapping.

[yardwork]

14. The OP is about the use of traps to kill animals.

The use of these traps is cruel and unnecessary. A pet was killed in the trap and people witnessed the pet's pain. Wild animals caught in the exact same traps suffer the same pain and anguish.

[hendo]

16. The OP

is about the murder of a pet. It was an illegal act, and the person who did so should be thrown in jail.

[roguevalley]

32. these snares trap local dogs all the time up here. I loathe trapping.

people lose animals on trails all the time.

[KittyWampus]

11. sorry, but if you're excusing the use of these traps, you have a problem. You want to shoot and kill

a critter relatively cleanly FINE.

Those traps are torture.

[hendo]

12. Furtrapping has nothing to do

with this case.

[yardwork]

15. Same traps.

[hendo]

17. but this case

was more likely than not commited by a non-fur trapper.

[yardwork]

19. So what? The trapper is not around when the animal gets caught in the trap.

Why is the pain and suffering of wild animals of less importance than the pain and suffering of a pet?

How would you like to die in one of those traps?

Those traps are cruel and unnecessary.

[hendo]

22. having gotten my foot caught in a trap before

it does suck, but there is a difference between a lawful act an an unlawful one.

[LanternWaste]

36. What evidence...

"was more likely than not commited by a non-fur trapper."

What evidence (other than mere prognostication) do we have for that?

[hendo]

18. but this case

was more likely than not commited by a non-fur trapper.

[Occulus]

28. You keep saying that, but you haven't said HOW.

So- HOW it is "more likely then (sic) not commited (sic) by a non-fur trapper", and what is it about the exact circumstances in this case that makes it so?

[hendo]

38. Well, they could easily check the trap

and see if it was used previously.

Or, im sure they will find something to finger the person who did this. just don't be surprised if it was just some pissy neighbor.

By to answer your question, do you honestly think a real trapper would put themselves in such a situation? I mean come on, where is the first place you are going to check if something is killed with a trap, a trapper.

[KittyWampus]

23. Sorry, my point was about the traps themselves... and anyone using them for any reason

I am a bit more open to hunting wild game then many other DU'ers. But prefer killing be done as expeditiously as possible.

[Marrah_G]

9. This was an individual purposefull setting and illegal trap meant to kill the dog

It is another form of hunting. Not pleasant to the senses and sensibilities of most. This is why most do not participate in it.

[flvegan]

20. These traps should be abolished.

They spell agony for animals, regardless of the motivation involved in setting them.

[yardwork]

21. Yes.

[petronius]

25. There was an article in the most recent Backpacker magazine about

wolf trapping near Denali. Some of it was pretty sick - trapped animals stay in traps for days or weeks before they starve or are shot by the arriving trapper. It described one wolf eating dirt and rocks until she broke all her teeth, and lost 15% of her body weight.

Although this article is about the illegal use of this sort of trap, I'm starting to think that this form of huntng should be banned or limited. It causes a great deal of suffering that could be avoided by choosing other methods...

[Blue Diadem]

26. bancrueltraps.com

http://www.bancrueltraps.com/

I find traps like those cruel and dangerous. They aren't just used for fur trapping. They use them for nuisance animals and for predator control.

I've seen two raccoons that died from leg traps. One while it was caught in a trap(although we didn't know it until the trapper showed up) and the other which had freed itself. The one that had freed itself had such a mangled paw and was so sick that the police shot it. We had to call them because neighbors were threatening to beat it to death with a shovel. The other was killed by the trapper. It was the last trap that was set in that area since the trapper had placed it on my son's property.

[EFerrari]

27. I can barely read this. If someone has a petition or an action

please front it for those of us who literally can't stand this horror but who'd like to take action.

/oops

[specimenfred1984]

29. Merry Christmas, It's All Good!

Happiness is everywhere!

[BoneDaddy]

30. What a disturbing individual

who set that for that poor thing.

[HamdenRice]

33. Sorry, hunters, what the fuck is wrong with these people???

I have nothing against hunting for food. I used to be an avid fisherman, something more common in NYC than hunting obviously.

But I don't get "trapping" and I don't get hunting inedible wildlife like coyotes, foxes and beavers. Why can't people just let nature be to the maximum extent in a place like Alaska?

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

[Doremus]

34. Same thing every time.

[OnyxCollie]

37. My friend's dog was killed by an animal trap.

Some asshole had set it up in the small patch of woods near her house. This is inside the city limits of Kent, OH.

I fucking hate these irresponsible douche bags.