{"id":94,"date":"2018-03-19T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2021-05-04T03:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T03:53:27","slug":"leghold-traps-snares-and-glee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/leghold-traps-snares-and-glee\/","title":{"rendered":"Leghold Traps, Snares and Glee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does a citizen-led wolf cull in British Columbia look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trapping, snaring and shooting-on-sight of British Columbia\u2019s wolves has been escalated this year by a citizen campaign asking for donations to trappers to eradicate wolves across the province, in order to \u201cgrow\u201d ungulate populations. Calling themselves BC Ungulate Foundation, they claim to have fifty members, according to their \u201cspokesman\u201d Steve Isdahl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is raising funds for what he calls &#8216;wolf assassins&#8217;, or &#8216;problem solvers,\u2019 to pay for traps, gas and equipment. It began with a GoFundMe campaign, which was swiftly shut down after complaints, but he and others now claim to be receiving funds privately. The core idea is that hunters need to support trappers to dramatically increase wolf kills, using leghold traps and snares. He enthuses that this is the perfect antidote to laws, regulations, quotas, bans and politics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the post by Victoria Animal News on February 13, 2018 called \u201cA One-Man Bounty on BC Wolves,\u201d graphic posts on the BC Ungulate Foundation\u2019s Facebook page have been removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A warning about the following graphic images and quotes: they depict unimaginable suffering, but they speak for themselves about the reality of an unscientific, unregulated citizen cull using snares and leghold traps. Note that some of the screen captures are also from a previous attempt at a wolf cull in 2009. Those engaged in the current 2018 wolf kill campaign have been reticent to post their gleeful photos this year since they have realized that the public has noticed their online activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/She-wolf-1024x465.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/She-wolf-1024x465.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/She-wolf-980x445.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/She-wolf-480x218.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that BC trapping regulations suggest that killing snares are to be checked once every 14 days. This wolf was \u201cskinny and sickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24-1024x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24-980x459.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24-480x225.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Non-killing traps are to be checked every 72 hours. (BC Government Trapping Regulation) This wolf had to be shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elkhound-quote-1024x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elkhound-quote-1024x229.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elkhound-quote-980x219.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Elkhound-quote-480x107.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-1024x506.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-980x484.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-480x237.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-victims-1024x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-victims-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-victims-980x493.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Tanner-victims-480x242.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isdahl-using-others-lines-1024x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isdahl-using-others-lines-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isdahl-using-others-lines-980x306.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Isdahl-using-others-lines-480x150.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unintended victims have also been documented by the trappers as they target wolves. This is not a topic that trappers like to discuss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-1024x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-1024x356.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-980x341.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-480x167.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"866\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-2.jpg 866w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-2-480x308.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 866px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"330\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-3-1024x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-3-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-3-980x316.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/unintended-3-480x155.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/38-coyote-in-snare-1024x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/38-coyote-in-snare-1024x477.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/38-coyote-in-snare-980x456.jpg 980w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/38-coyote-in-snare-480x223.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the words of \u201cElkhound\u201d: \u201cI think the public and hunters are naive about the facts when it comes to trapping.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now we know. British Columbians cannot leave the management of BC predators to those with an appetite for killing the animals that they want, as well as the animals they don\u2019t want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information please see the BC Trapping Regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18.jpg 606w, https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/18-480x432.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 606px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a citizen-led wolf cull in British Columbia look like? Trapping, snaring and shooting-on-sight of British Columbia\u2019s wolves has been escalated this year by a citizen campaign asking for donations to trappers to eradicate wolves across the province, in order to \u201cgrow\u201d ungulate populations. Calling themselves BC Ungulate Foundation, they claim to have fifty [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legislatekindness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}