PETITION TARGET: U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources
Wild animals are having their bones crushed, their spines snapped, and their lives slowly suffocated out of them in barbaric traps that are currently legal and allowed in National Wildlife Refuges.
Now, a new bill seeks to end this torture. The Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act, or H.R. 4108, aims to amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to ban the use of steel-jaw leg-hold traps, conibear traps, and other “body gripping” snares from these public lands.
“When Americans visit their local National Wildlife Refuges, most expect to enjoy nature without worrying that they—or their pets—will fall victim to a dangerous trap,” said U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler. “However, trapping is still allowed in many of the more than 570 refuges across the country, putting people, pets, and endangered species in danger of serious injury.”
Wild animals caught in traps will often do anything they can to escape and survive — including chewing off their own limbs. Because snares don’t discriminate, “non-targeted” species also end up dying in these monstrous traps.
The wild animals who call these protected lands their home should not be brutally killed simply because they exist.
Sign our petition urging the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources to prioritize and pass this critical bill, and help prevent severe suffering for countless animals.
