Steel-jaw traps should be turned into scrap metal as there is no good reason to own the "barbaric devices", Australia's leading animal protection group says.

Acknowledging the extreme and unnecessary cruelty associated with steel-jaw traps, the National Animal Control Association and American Animal Hospital Association have condemned the devices. Any ...

Still, somehow, he survived. Wild furbearers are the target, but any animal in the area is at risk Each year in the United States, more than 6 million animals are trapped on both public and private ...

A man convicted of animal cruelty charges for using a "barbaric" steel jaw trap to maim a neighbour's cat has been given a six-month good behaviour bond and fined.