The Leg-Hold trap doesn't kill - it traps and holds the animal alive in cold steel jaws. Pain is long... death is slow. Finally hunger, cold, exhaustion, exposure, or the finally returning trapper ends it all.

The Fur-Bearers commissioned a poll by the prestigious Angus Reid Group in November 1996. This Angus Reid poll confirmed that: 80% of Canadians oppose the use of the Leg-Hold trap!

Yet still, it is the main trap used in Canada, and in the whole of North America.

Leg-Hold Trap Legal in Canada

As of the 1997/98 trapping season, the Leg-Hold trap is still legal in Canada for the bobcat, lynx, wolf, coyote, fox, beaver, muskrat, mink, and otter.

Unwanted Catches

In addition to the millions of target animals trapped and sold for their pelts, there are also many more "accidental" catches of animals whose pelts are not valuable. And there are also animals whose pelts are damaged so badly by the time the trapper returns, that they are not valuable enough to use.

Dogs and cats are frequent victims of these cruel traps. Owls, ducks, jays, porcupines, flying squirrels, rabbits, etc. are also caught. They are "unwanted" and are thrown away, or let free, painfully injured.

Some non target catches may even be endangered species.

Learn About the So-Called "Padded" Leg-Hold Trap.

The Leg-Hold trap is over 200 years old! It's a terrible instrument of torture and has no place in the 20th century. As we head into a new millennium, please...

Say "NO" to the Leg-Hold trap!