Sttel Jaw Leg hold traps. Please read the letter for the information you need. H.R. 1581 and S. 1006, known as the Steel Jaw Leghold Trap Prohibition Act, were introduced in the 106th Congress. These bills would place several restrictions on the use of leghold traps and would specifically prohibit the shipment in interstate commerce of steel jaw leghold traps and of articles of fur derived from animals captured in such traps. I have included some information for you in case you have lived in a cave your entire life and have not seen a video of what these traps do to these poor creatures.
Leghold traps cause extreme suffering and pain to their victims.
Animals caught in traps often suffer and die from fractures, ripped tendons, blood loss, amputations, and predation by other animals. Do you realize that leghold traps have been banned in over 80 countries and banned or severely restricted in seven states. Banning leghold traps would bring the United States into compliance with the 1997 signed agreement with the European Union, requiring phase-out of leghold traps in the U.S. within six years. I would like to think that you would want to be known as a compassionate politician for the future of your career. If so, please do something about this terrible US tragedy that goes on every day.