[This may be a repost, as I've had problems with my ISP's Usegroups].
http://www.nexicom.net/~wolfz/Trapping.html
This is from a professional trapper's web site. Any comments?
Trapping animals is done humanely. The use of connibears, and snares alongwith leg traps are very humane. Connibears kill instantly as well as snares. Leg traps on the other hand only hold the animal there by the foot not the leg, till you can arrive to shoot it. They are not suffering any pain whatsoever. Walking up on a coyote or a fox that is sleeping after he has finished eating all the bait you left to catch him, doesn't show thathe is in any hurry to leave. All the fox and coyote I have ever leg trapped only lay there watching me as I approached. I even woke the odd one up as I got real close. I have never seen an animals leg chewed or mutilated either.