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Fast Facts about Trapping
The United States catches more animals from the wild for the fur trade than any other country in the world. Three million to 5 million animals are trapped in the U.S. each year by commercial fur trappers.
Millions of “non-target” animals are also trapped, including companion animals and endangered or threatened species. Go to Born Free USA’s Non-Target Trapping Incidents Database website to view our database of incidents in which non-target animals were trapped, or to report such an incident.
Traps are commonly used to kill animals for the fur trade, for “nuisance” wildlife control, and in the federal government’s killing of native carnivores. Many states allow wildlife damage control operators to sell the pelts of the animals they kill, thereby adding incentive to kill animals instead of resolve conflicts through non-lethal means.
Body-gripping traps — a category that includes leghold traps, snares, and so-called kill-type Conibear traps — bring suffering and death to millions of animals each year.
Animals frequently sustain severe injuries from being trapped. If not killed outright by the trap, animals can suffer physical trauma, dehydration, exposure to inclement weather, and predation by other animals.
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