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One of our dogs disappeared for two days. Then on my way home I got a frantic call from my wife that he had come home but his leg was in a bear trap. Turned ou
by HeyLaughingBoy 6y ago
One of our dogs disappeared for two days. Then on my way home I got a frantic call from my wife that he had come home but his leg was in a bear trap.
Turned out to be a coyote trap and there was a plastic link on the chain that attached it to the tree or whatever, that he had chewed through then limped home on three legs. If not for that link, he'd probably have died out there since the person who set it was clearly not checking it every 24 hours as required by law.
Luckily he was big enough that the trap couldn't close tightly enough to damage his leg and he was running around fine by the next day.
- jjeaff 6y agoInteresting, is the plastic link meant to make it escapable by animals larger than a coyote?
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoI don't know. I'd think that a coyote would probably escape the same way if so.
- mattmoose21 6y agoDepending where you live contact information may be required to be permanently attached to the trap. Glad to hear your dog is okay.
- HeyLaughingBoy 6y agoEach trap has a unique ID that should be traceable to an owner. We happened to know someone who worked for Animal Control and he was looking into it, but I don't recall how that worked out.