Animals being injured, dying due to snap traps for rats: BC animal welfare groups – Vancouver Sun

Black, plastic snap traps meant to kill rats are inadvertently causing excruciating pain to partially trapped squirrels, skunks and racoons Author of the article: Kevin Griffin This skunk was brought into Critter Care in Langley in August. Nathan Wagstaffe says like most animals brought in to Critter Care injured by snap traps, the skunk was so badly injured it had to be euthanized. Photo by Critter Care Animal welfare groups say animals other than rats are inadvertently being caught in black plastic snap traps around Metro Vancouver. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. While snap traps are described as being able to humanely kill rats if used properly, they can also catch a paw of a larger animal such as a skunk, squirrel or raccoon and cause excruciating pain over several days. The damage can be so serious, treatment centres often have no choice but to euthanize the animal. Reports of more animals being caught in the snap traps may be linked to the ban of rodenticides — poisons used to kill rats and mice that also kill other animals. In Langley, Critter Care Wildlife says people have been bringing in animals injured by…
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