Letter to the editor: Time for the state to ban leghold traps

Trapping supporters, including our own Fish & Wildlife Department, often claim the word “science” to advance a political agenda.

I recently became aware that Vermont’s Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge allows both the hounding of bears, bobcats, coyotes and other wildlife, as well as the use of leghold and body crushing Conibear kill traps. Hounding and trapping conflict wit … (read more)