[Hot Tabasco]

I enjoy the outdoors and hunting just as much as the next person but no matter how hard I try, I just can't bring myself to accept the usage of leg traps, no matter what animal is being targeted.

If you choose to hunt then you have an obligation to insure that the kill is as quick and painless as possible. You don't subject the animal to hours or days of torture first..........

[garandgal]

I agree entirely. When I first wrote this post, it contained my “editorial” comment on traps. I deleted it so as not to be too controversial, given Sadie’s needs.

But, I secretly hoped that someone else would bring up the subject; much obliged. Just yesterday, my husband took our dog out for a hunting outing...he is always worried that she will stumble across one of those vile things.

[DaveA37]

The people who dropped that dog off to fend for herself are the ones that I am, and so should you upset with. Doing so is inhumane and cruel. There needs to be severe punishment for those who do so and particularly in the winter months. There are animal shelters that take those abandoned pets to prevent things like this from happening. Dumping a dog or cat off in the country is cruel and inhumane.

While I feel bad for the dog, is there positive proof that the dog was actually caught in a leg hold trap and the dog was able to remove herself from the trap with her teeth?