Although more than 85 countries have banned or heavily restricted the use of steel-jaw leghold traps, the United States—one of the world’s largest fur producing and consuming nations—continues to ...

He had been caught in a steel-jaw leghold trap, and after being discovered by the trapper, he was shot. Still, somehow, he survived. Wild furbearers are the target, but any animal in the area is at ...

When the animal stepped on the plate, the pressure on the plate released the springs forcing the jaws shut and trapping the creature. Originally, each trap was made entirely by one man ...