Letter to the editor: Tradition is no justification for trapping to continue
Just because something has been done in the past is no reason to continue with it today.
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Just because something has been done in the past is no reason to continue with it today.
It has long been a shibboleth of state wildlife agencies that bans on trapping will result in Beaver Armageddon, when beaver populations will immediately “explode” to the point that human-beaver conflicts will become overwhelming. This is a fantasy that has no basis in fact.
The trapping lobby has a stranglehold over Vermont’s wildlife policy: All of the current members of the Fish & Wildlife Board, for example, are hunters, anglers and/or trappers, with no opportunity for other voices to be heard.
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