Gin traps, like this one found on Loki's leg, have been illegal in the UK since 1958 The traps, which have spring-operated jaws with teeth that snap shut, have been illegal in the UK since 1958.

HANGMAN'S ROPE WAS WEAK.; Broke When the Trap Was Sprung Under Cook Andersen of the Schooner Olive Pecker. Share full article. Dec. 10, 1898. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

An elephant calf has had a leg removed after it became entangled in a rope trap in Indonesia. The elephant - along with its mother and another calf - are believed to have been caught up in the ropes ...

A Sumatran elephant calf lies stricken in the jungle in Indonesia as conservationists fight to remove a rope tightly wound around its leg that almost caused the critically endangered animal to ...

Andriele Vieira Da Silva and her friends entered the elevator carrying flatbed carts when the rope of one of the trolleys became caught in the entrance in Curitiba, Brazil, on February 7.

Top Irish cyclist Seán Nolan (20) says he could have been paralysed after he came off his bicycle after it appears ‘a trap’ was set as he trained in a local forest.

Bush-meat hunters set thousands of rope-and-branch snares in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park, where the mountain gorillas live. The traps are intended for antelope and other species but sometimes ...

A pilot program to test new pop-up crab traps in the San Francisco Bay Area could mean a longer fishing season and lower prices on local Dungeness crab for consumers.

CLEARWATER, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida wildlife officials and Tampa Bay animal organizations recently rescued a manatee entangled in crab traps, rope and fishing line. On Nov. 16, the Florida Fish ...

He let them walk into his trap. He rope-a-doped them,” Schumer told “Morning Joe.” “And now all of America has seen the Republican Party say, ‘No, we’re not going to cut Social ...

A cat owner said it was "sickening" to find her missing cat return home with an illegal metal trap on his leg. Three-year-old Loki from Kelvedon, Essex, went missing on 28 March and returned home ...