This letter was published in the Whitehorse Star and Yukon News on Mon, Dec 3/07

Trapping!

Open letter to the territorial department of Environment and Yukon Fish and Willife Management Board:

Trapping is "brutal and inhumane" - cruel and unnecessary - and causes horrible deaths to untold number of animals every year.

Traps are indiscriminate - they can, and do pose a threat to so-called non-target animals including eagles, ravens, deer, moose, family companion animals, etc.

If a person used a trap like a snare, leg-hold trap, or a body crushing Conibear kill traps on a domesticated animal - they would be up on charges of animal abuse.

Is trapping an attitude that respects life?
How could you defend such a "brutal and inhumane" practice?

In this day and age, how could you justify/support trapping?

Mike Grieco
Whitehorse YT