The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY). This bill would prohibit the use of ...

Wrigley was the 8-year-old Dachshund-corgi mix who wandered into a baited conibear trap last week at Credit Island and was killed. Contributed photo ...

Rod Bullis tries his hand at opening a conibear trap at the Apex Animal Hospital last week. He was part of a group who gathered to learn more about traps and how to release pets from them.

Hamlin’s been caught in his 220 Conibear trap and had to use his trap tool to get out. He wouldn’t have been able to get out of the 330 by himself, he said.

But, if you’re just getting started, I would suggest six #1 long-spring legholds, six #1 stop-loss style legholds, and 12 #110 Conibear body-gripping traps. Traps usually need to be tagged with ...

Mike Conibear, a champion of youth and founder of the former Boys & Girls Clubs of Lorain County, has died. He was 66.

These photos show Nova, a 3-year-old golden retriever, and the illegally placed body hold trap, commonly referred to as a Conibear trap, that caught her while walking near Outer Point Trail last ...

A Calgary bobcat, know to Lake Chaparral residents as 'Bobbi,' was found wandering around the southeast neighbourhood with a trap caught on its paw.

Many northerners will recognize the Conibear Trap. It was invented by Frank Conibear in 1957 and lauded as a relatively humane and quick-killing device used by fur trappers. Conibear, who ...

Many northerners will recognize the Conibear Trap. It was invented by Frank Conibear in 1957 and lauded as a relatively humane and quick-killing device used by fur trappers. Conibear, who developed ...

Every winter, dogs in Alaska are maimed and killed by snares and powerful “quick-kill” Conibear crushing traps placed, virtually without restriction, in public multi-use areas. Alaska’s ...

To the editor: My sweet little dog should be dead. A week ago a friend was skiing with her from a popular trailhead off the Denali Highway when she was caught in a Conibear trap. There were no ...