in Trapping on May 19, 2021
On May 19, Born Free USA hosted
Ending the Crushing Cruelty: International Perspectives on Trapping, a webinar exploring work being done around the globe to end cruel trapping. The webinar was hosted by
Angela Grimes, Born Free USA CEO, and featured
Dr. Liz Tyson, Born Free USA Programs Director, who spoke about trapping in the United States;
Newton Simiyu, Research Officer at Born Free Kenya, who spoke about Born Free’s work to combat illegal snaring and the associated bushmeat trade in Kenya; and
Lesley Fox, Executive Director of the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals, who discussed the association’s efforts to end trapping in Canada.
in Trapping on April 21, 2021
Born Free USA’s trapping report,
One Green Planet, Dr. Liz Tyson writes about how states fall short in protecting animals from trapping and how members of the public can take action.
Crushing Cruelty: Animal Trapping in the United States (2021)
Crushing Cruelty: Animal Trapping in the United States amends and updates work carried out in 2017 and provides each state with a score out of 100 based on its action to protect animals from cruel trapping. The report’s findings present a sobering insight into trapping in the U.S., which causes suffering and death to millions of animals each year, and reveals the need for a ban on trap sales, a complete regulatory overhaul of trapping nationwide – including an immediate end to trapping on public lands – and for plans to be implemented to move towards generalized prohibition of trapping across the nation.
New Research by Born Free USA Calls for End to Trapping as Crushing Cruelty is Uncovered
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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leading animal welfare nonprofit Born Free USA has today launched a comprehensive report on animal trapping in the United States, amending and updating work carried out in 2017 and providing each state with a score out of 100 based on its action to protect animals from cruel trapping. Only two states scored above 50/100, and almost half of the states scored just 25/100 or under. The findings present a sobering insight into this practice, which causes suffering and death to millions of animals each year. In addition to inadequate regulation, Born Free found traps, including those that are illegal to use in all 50 states, to be widely available for sale without restriction on online e-commerce platforms such as Amazon. The organization is calling for a ban on such sales, and a complete regulatory ov