Every winter, dogs in Alaska are maimed and killed by snares and powerful “quick-kill” Conibear crushing traps placed, virtually without restriction, in public multi-use areas. Alaska’s exceptionally ...

Barb Kaas heard a commotion in the woods and sensed her Siberian husky, Sage, was in trouble. She was horseback riding Sunday on a trail near her home in Fredenberg Township north of Fish Lake. Kaas ...

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses the Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, reintroduced today in the US House of Representatives by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold ...

A national environmental group says it will file suit to change how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources allows trapping of animals like bobcat, fisher and marten because those traps also are ...

Washington, DC—The Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act was reintroduced last Friday in the House of Representatives by Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC). This bill would prohibit the import and export of, ...

One crisp afternoon this past January, Lisa Parsons was walking with her dogs along the Green River Gorge in Enumclaw. Her large Husky mix, Merlyn, suddenly began howling and shrieking in pain. His ...

The deaths of at least six dogs caught in body-gripping traps since fall has prompted two Minnesota lawmakers to introduce legislation to restrict their use. And Department of Natural Resources ...

GLENVILLE, W.Va. — Trapping enthusiasts from all across the southeastern United States will be in West Virginia this weekend ...

We had the trail to ourselves. But you wouldn’t know it. My dog - a 4-year-old golden retriever - and I were on the Paul Bunyan Trail near Nisswa on one of those recent 50-plus degree days. It was a ...

Filip Panusz will never forget the sound of his dog's death. It's been almost two weeks since Panusz decided to take advantage of the year's first warm Sunday and go for a walk in the Rock Creek ...

Trapping season in Vermont begins on Saturday and runs through March 31. Pet owners should be aware of the potential dangers to their dogs and cats during the season, according to a Protect Our ...