Idaho Fish and Game proves that they care nothing about animals - just money garnered from hunters and trappers

IDAHO -- Idaho's Fish and Game commissioners say they'd rather have trappers take classes than restrict the use of controversial body-gripping snares.

Officials have been weighing the issue since receiving complaints from hunters and other people worried about their safety in areas used by trappers. The "conibear" snares killed two dogs in northern Idaho last winter.

  

 

However, reports said that the commission on Thursday rejected a proposal to restrict the use of the traps. Instead, some commissioners said they would consider mandatory trapper classes, as are already required of hunters and wolf trappers. They plan to take up the issue again at their meeting in January.

Commissioner Mark Doerr said the trapping rules shouldn't change just because the issue is "emotional".

 

Commissioner Mark Doerr, shown here, doesn't care about animals.
If he did, he would push to ban ALL traps.

 

Idaho Department of Fish and Game's wildlife manager Jon Rachael says the state issued licenses to about 2,400 trappers this year.

(KREM - Nov 17, 2014)