In a sharply criticized opinion, an appellate panel in New Brunswick allowed the state Fish and Game Council to continue its pretense that a modified steel-jaw leg-hold trap is not a steel-jaw ...

The New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife is attempting to circumvent the state's ban on the use, sale, and possession of steel-jaw leghold traps, which has been in place since 1984.

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 ...

Traps can be set and left, making them resource efficient from the standpoint of the trapper. Traps may be used to both capture and kill animals. Most people are familiar with snaptraps and glue traps ...

ANIMAL wildlife rescuers are reporting more animal cruelty cases, with a possum recently having to be put down after it was captured in a steel jaw ... small adult ringtail possum caught in the ...

No legal action has been taken to date. The RSPCA said anyone found to have set up a steel jaw trap could face a maximum penalty of up to $2500.

The leopard's left forelimb was caught in the steel jaw trap and in its attempt to break free of the painful leg-hold, started running amok in the neighbouring agricultural field. In the meantime ...

Remy is recovering after losing one of his front legs to a steel-jaw trap illegally set behind a property in Aberfoyle Park. Picture: RSPCA The one-year old male cat was undesexed and did not have ...

A man convicted of animal cruelty charges for using a "barbaric" steel jaw trap to maim a neighbour's cat has been given a six-month good behaviour bond and fined.