Calls for change in Illinois law are growing after a coyote found with a steel trap on its leg in the south suburbs had to have its paw amputated.
You may not realize it, but we are in the middle of fur trapping season in Illinois, in which metal leg traps are used to catch animals.
Keller is telling Spirit’s story on the center’s Facebook page, and calling for legislation that would require the use of padded leghold traps in Illinois. But a spokesman for the Illinois Trappers Association told Fox 32 they would oppose that change, because the rubber on the padded traps used during the winter freezes up and is just as hard as metal."No one can suggest to me that this trap, and the damage caused to this coyote, was humane in any way, shape, or form," Keller said.
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