Here is a qoute from this article,
"When I think of fur trappers, I imagine a frontiersman in a coonskin cap paddling his canoe full of beaver pelts down the Hudson River. But when reporter Tom Knudson thinks of trapping, it’s a guy trudging into a forest in Nevada, or some other Western state, to set a steel-jaw trap for a bobcat.
Knudson just published an investigation for Reveal, the publishing arm of the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, into these modern-day fur trappers and their methods. The headline sums it up: “America’s trapping boom relies on cruel and grisly tools.”
"What I discovered was a world of stunning scenery and searing pain, a landscape where bobcats and other animals are captured with a device so hazardous that it is outlawed in more than 80 nations, from Austria to Zimbabwe: the steel-jaw trap.
Traps work by slamming shut on the paw or leg of an animal and holding it until a trapper arrives. Often, they are instruments of torture. Bones can be broken. Tendons are torn. Flesh is frayed. Some animals break free by chewing or twisting off a paw or limb."
Lies, lies and more lies, who cares if countries have outlawed them. This is the United States, should we adopt all the rules and regulations of these countries. Here arises our sovereingty and an issue much greater than trappers right, our national sovereinty. The United Nations will try to outlaw trapping as fast as you can blink. Globalism is rampant and a major issue. Many times animal's foot is completely unharmed, and the lies spread that they bite their feet off is grossly exagerrated and rarely happens now.
The article also says that theu fur industry is doing well. Actually it is doing about as bad as ever. I sold 13 raccoons for pocket change! This was just an outright lie!
If you are sick of hearing lies about trapping. Please join me and hold you ground against the antis and their quest to bring trapping down. Please comment, email or contact National Geographic on their outrageous article.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160115-bobcat-fur-trapping/
Thank you
Interesting article and rebuttal. I have no problems with trapping obviously.
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