And the two countries, along with Russia, say the union will violate free-trade rules if it implements the ban before there is an international agreement on trapping methods. The union says it wants all trappers to use quick-kill traps. But that's just not possible, says Darline Richardson of the Yukon Trappers' Association. She's also a director on the Fur Institute of Canada, the treasurer of the Wild Fur Council of North America and the president of the Canadian Trappers' Federation. They either smell the metal or they don't like the shape of it.
Cats are the same.
You can't get a cat to stick his head in a hole. If his whiskers touch it, forget it. Darbyshire says he's tried quick-kill traps for lynx in the Yukon without much success. Some fox get in, but not coyotes. The animal-rights groups that have infiltrated the European Union are simply opposed to trapping, says Richardson.