Pennsylvania is a state where trappers rely heavily on the foothold trap, and modern foothold traps have changed little from the Gibbs “Single Grip” coil-spring MODEL patented in the 1920s. What the ...

A raccoon that had been living with its paw in a trap got stuck in a tree while trying to escape a barking dog. The raccoon's foot became lodged in an illegal trap, the Idaho Humane Society said in a ...

In Ohio, trapping raccoons without a permit is allowed but relocation is illegal due to disease spread. Raccoons can transmit diseases like rabies, distemper and parvovirus to other animals and humans ...

How far had the raccoon traveled and how much suffering had the animal endured along the way? These questions were posed by those who came to the aid of a raccoon captured in a box trap in Williamson ...