The complexities of a bill related to body grip traps, trapping and a wolf hunting season. Sen. Torrey Westrom, Sen. Patricia Torres Ray, Rep. Duane Sauke and Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen talk about the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Demonstrators gathered at the Governor's mansion Saturday afternoon to protest a decision by the DNR to allow the expansion of a certain type of trap to public walk-in-access ...

The short answer is yes. There is not a single valid reason, rationale, or argument to justify maintaining the current law that bans the use of body-grip traps during a highly regulated trapping ...

The deaths of at least six dogs caught in body-gripping traps since fall has prompted two Minnesota lawmakers to introduce legislation to restrict their use. And Department of Natural Resources ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- As the owner of three hunting dogs, Brett Harberts is aware of the concern over body grip traps. Seven dogs have been killed in Minnesota this year by the traps, and Harberts ...

In 1996, Massachusetts citizens voted to prohibit the use of the most common and effective traps for catching animals like beavers, coyotes, and foxes. That left cage traps, such as the Havahart, as ...

The target is most often beaver. But Wildlife Services body-grip traps – which consist of two square bars of steel that snap together like the jaws of a crocodile – have killed more than 7,800 animals ...

Gov. Mark Dayton's administration is supporting a bill at the Legislature that restricts body-gripping traps in Minnesota, with a goal of reducing the accidental trapping and killing of dogs. "Since ...

In response to a recent rash of accidental dog deaths in Minnesota, Sen. Chuck Wiger, DFL- Maplewood, and Rep. John Ward, DFL- Brainerd, announced last week that they will introduce legislation next ...