Recognize Trapping as a Humane, Necessary Means of Animal Control, Beneficial to Humans, Animals, and the Environment

While many see trapping as a cruel, inhumane activity, trapping is a vital means of wildlife management. Live trapping, especially with footholds, typically causes no harm or suffering, and has allowed many species to be successfully reintroduced to native habitats where they were previously driven out. Trapping is carefully regulated by state game agencies, preventing over-harvest or physical damage to the animals. Without medicine, animals are prone to death by disease, as well as starvation or predation, especially as populations grow; those which do survive often move into human habitats and cause damage. Trapping prevents and corrects these situations by keeping populations if check. Therefore, trapping deserves to be recognized as the humane, necessary practice which it truly is.