Those who did put out about 3,000 devices. About 70 percent of the 13,158 animals trapped were beavers or muskrats. Bobcats, coyotes, minks, river otters and raccoons also were taken. Trapping season runs November through February, depending on the species, but nuisance animals can be trapped year-round. Last year 2,850 were taken.
Most nuisance complaints involve beavers or nutrias, water-dwelling rodents.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Opponents, however, say I-713 is a deceptive proposal that would do real harm to people trying to stop wildlife damage and biologists trying to manage animal populations. It's a feel-good measure to say we should ban trapping. Indeed, the battle over I-713 will play out as yet another fight between Western Washington and the rest of the state. Much of the financial support for I-713 comes from the Seattle area and from large groups such as the Humane Society and International Fund for Animal Welfare. Those organizations and others like them have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars.