MISSOULA, Mont. — One of the men responsible for illegally setting traps in Missoula city limits and killing a dog was sentenced Wednesday. The dog, Betsy, died in a conibear trap placed in an open ...

(CN) - Maine is not required to ban leghold traps to protect threatened Canada lynx, the 1st Circuit ruled, because the state took sufficient measures to ban deadly "Conibear" traps. The Animal ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the reintroduction of the Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act yesterday by Representatives Alma Adams (D-NC) and Nita Lowey (D-NY).

Washington, DC—The Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act was reintroduced last Friday in the House of Representatives by Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC). This bill would prohibit the import and export of, ...

Filip Panusz will never forget the sound of his dog's death. It's been almost two weeks since Panusz decided to take advantage of the year's first warm Sunday and go for a walk in the Rock Creek ...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Twin Falls residents now are banned from setting traps that are designed to injure or kill an animal. The City Council on Monday unanimously approved an ordinance on the trap ...

(CN) - The U.S. House of Representatives proposed legislation that would ban the use of animal traps in national wildlife refuges. Democratic Congresswoman Nita Lowey of New York introduced the bill, ...

Two Missoula men are facing state and city code violations for setting traps near the Clark Fork River that killed a family's dog on Sunday. Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks ...