Traps pose real dangers for wildlife and people
Your county commissioners approved a request brought by fur traders to set leg-pinning traps in our woodlands.
Traps in our woodlands represent more than an animal rights issue, although it is certainly cruel to trap animals by the leg so that a few people can sell them for their skins, or worse. The issue is public safety. We have Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops that hike in our woods. We have nature lovers who explore our woods. Our domestic pets frequently get lost and wander in the woods. A variety of small wildlife roams our woods.
The traps do not discriminate. They catch and injure any creature, human or animal, that steps into them. If you agree that the citizens of Guilford County do not benefit from the setting of traps by fur traders, please e-mail our county commissioners at www.co.guilford.nc.us or attend the public hearing on June 4.
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter
Greensboro
The writer is an author and a public speaker.
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