Efforts to rescue the injured fawn failed Saturday, when the animal died shortly after the trap’s removal. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)When the deer was seen Saturday in the backyard of resident Steve Newsom, wildlife officials sprang into action. The fawn was in the company of a doe and young buck but was too hobbled to escape the tranquilizer gun, Laughlin said Monday. While California’s Fish and Game Code defines limited allowable uses for conibear traps, using unregistered or unmarked traps is illegal. A conibear trap, illegal in the state of California, works by gripping the head or body of an animal and applying enough pressure for an instant kill.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 14, 2019 23:15 UTC