Steel-jaw leghold traps and snares are a global brutality without a meaningful global response. Despite being prohibited in most countries, such devices are widely set in wildlife habitats across ...

Other forms of traps include leghold traps which, when sprung, grab and hold limbs; wire snares which, when tripped, encircle and tighten around body parts; and Conibear traps which are designed to ...

The groups also called for action on eight other issues, including bolstered regulations covering animal performances, ending ...

The volunteers said that the situation is always the same when they remove snares, and feel like hunters have stopped caring. “They cannot be that hungry if they don’t check these traps ...

Although hunters usually set snares to catch bushmeat, the sheer number left in forests means all manner of wildlife species fall foul of the traps. Studies have also shown that snaring tends to ...