Agreement On International Humane Trapping Standards In Franklin
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The use of bear traps is banned in some states, such as California, Colorado, and Washington. In these states, the use, possession, and sale of bear traps are illegal. 2. Other states, such as Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, allow the use of bear traps.
Body-gripping traps—such as steel-jaw leghold traps, snares, and Conibear traps—are inhumane and inherently nonselective, meaning they indiscriminately injure and kill nontarget animals, including endangered and threatened species and even pets.
It is illegal to use all forms of Leg Hold Trap, (such as the Gin Trap) in the UK, but not unlawful to possess or sell one. Leg-hold traps are prohibited within the European Union by Council Regulation (EEC) 3254/91.
The Pests Act 1954 makes it is an offence to use a spring trap for the purposes of killing or taking animals in England and Wales other than one approved by an Order of the Secretary of State. The approval of traps is a devolved issue.
Humane traps, or box traps, are an effective means of capturing certain dogs and cats that won't allow humans to approach. Three Retrievers Lost Pet Rescue has trapped hundreds of cats and dogs in Tru-Catch humane traps without a single significant injury.
Spring traps can ONLY be used to trap a small number of mammals – NEVER birds – that the government (and the shooting and agriculture lobbies) lists as 'pest species' and/or non-native species that don't have the same protection in UK law as native species. NO OTHER SPECIES can be legally killed in a spring trap.
From 31 July 2024 it will be against the law to use glue traps to catch rodents, unless you have a licence. You must be a professional pest controller involved in rodent control management to hold a licence for glue trapping.
Permitted traps (last updated by Natural England in September 2022) now include: DOC 150 body grip kill trap. DOC 200 body grip kill trap. DOC 250 body grip kill trap. Tully Trap body grip kill trap. Goodnature A24 rat and stoat captive bolt kill trap. Perdix spring trap body grip kill trap. Perdix mink live capture cage trap.
NB: The Agreement on International Humane Trapping Standards made it illegal in 2020 to catch stoats in Fenn traps because they were too large to be killed instantly. DOC traps (originally used by the Department of Conservation in New Zealand) are the only traps approved for killing stoats in the UK.