A Very Tragic Happening On Long Island

[Alberta Hanko]

This was in the local Newsday. Although I hate to read about things like this and my heart goes out to the owner, I had no idea such traps were legal. I also realized that my Linus, even though he is always on lead and we are working on "leave it", might try to stick his head into something like that if the scent caught him.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-litrap184591950jan18 ,0,755467.story?coll =ny-linews-headlines

Alberta & Linus

[Amber]

That is so sad... :(

[De Clark]

How awful! poor baby! RIP

[Lesly Stevens]

Horrifying! Well, that poor dog may well have saved life or limb of some innocent child wandering off the path now that there's an awareness of these barbaric traps, and the desire to pass a law to ban it.

How tragic.

Lesly

[Beth Pladson]

I am stunned that those kinds of traps are legal ANYWHERE. Those barbaric tools of torture need to be banned from use. Hopefully the dog's death will not be in vain. I feel for that poor owner who had to go through that. I'd be so pissed off I'd have to go put a bunch on the trapper who placed them there in the first place including his you know what. Ouch.

[Sheryl]

I agree that that is horrible. I live where there are still many trappers, and I am a vegetarian and love all animals. Many of them don't understand my views. For those who still trap, it is a connection to past traditions, and I don't understand their views.

[Luciann]

I use to live in the country and one of my dogs was roaming in some national forest and got caught in one of these. we ended up having to put him down since the damage was so extreme.....

[Robert]

Thats too bad. Kinda makes you think about about all the trails an woods we go hiking in. What kind of trap is it, that the woman could
'ent oped it?