Inhumane animal traps should be banned: advocatesBy Yang Cheng-yu and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe manufacture and use of animal traps that mutilate their catch should be banned via legal amendments, animal protection groups said yesterday. Members of the Taiwan Animal Protection Monitor Network and legislators from different parties watch a man demonstrate how animal traps work at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. A child could step into a boar trap and be hung from a tree, which would make Taiwanese think twice about such traps, ACT founder Sean McCormack said. Separately, Forestry Bureau staff demonstrated redesigned animal traps, which allow for adjustable diameters and pressure plates, preventing bears and leopard cats from activating the traps. The new traps are designed to meet farmers’ needs to deter animals, and old traps should be traded in for the new model, bureau staff said.

Source: Taipei Times May 20, 2022 20:33 UTC