New Research by Born Free USA Calls for End to Trapping as Crushing Cruelty is Uncovered
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WASHINGTON, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leading animal welfare nonprofit Born Free USA has today launched a comprehensive report on animal trapping in the United States, amending and updating work carried out in 2017 and providing each state with a score out of 100 based on its action to protect animals from cruel trapping. Only two states scored above 50/100, and almost half of the states scored just 25/100 or under. The findings present a sobering insight into this practice, which causes suffering and death to millions of animals each year. In addition to inadequate regulation, Born Free found traps, including those that are illegal to use in all 50 states, to be widely available for sale without restriction on online e-commerce platforms such as Amazon. The organization is calling for a ban on such sales, and a complete regulatory ov
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McEachin leads more than 30 House colleagues in effort to save the American Red Wolf
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The wild American red wolf population, which consistently numbered over 100 wolves between 2002 and 2014, has now been reduced to only 10 known red wolves in the wild population.
For six years, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to release any captive red wolves into the wild population, and no wild pairs of red wolves have reproduced during the past two breeding seasons.