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Feb 19 2015 Lesser-Known Swift Fox Subject of WYOMING Conservation Stamp Contest
The swift fox is the subject of this year's Game and Fish Conservation Stamp Art Contest, a fox once petitioned for a spot on the endangered species list in the early ‘90s. Inadvertent poisoning, intense trapping and loss of habitat were responsible for most of the drop in numbers -
Jan 18 2015 Snare Traps Near Laramie
A dog was reportedly caught in a snare in "the prairie land east of the golf course/north of Staples" in Laramie, WY. -
Jan 16 2015 Owl Dies in Trap in Minnesota
A Great Horned Owl likely died of starvation due to an inability to hunt resulting from the trap stuck to its foot. -
Dec 04 2014 Traps Kill Family’s Three St. Bernards Near Garden Creek, Casper, Wyoming
Three St Bernards were caught and killed in snares, Casper, WY. The snare traps are set about knee high on poles buried in sage brush, and have cable loop around the pole that will grip what goes in it, Savannah said. “If you pull on that cable loop, it will suck whatever you pull into it, and if you fight it will just get tighter and tighter and tighter. So it will choke you out if you get your head in there.” -
Oct 29 2014 Wyoming Wolf Count Predicted to Stay at About 300
It has been more than month since wolf hunting in Wyoming was prohibited by a federal judge, but wildlife managers aren’t expecting major changes to the population of the state’s lobos, last estimated at 306.