WOODBURY, Vt. (AP) - Animal welfare advocates are pushing back against a proposal to extend the trapping season for bobcat and otter in Vermont.
Vermont Public Radio reports (https://bit.ly/2cYtBoK ) the proposal drew more than 100 people to Woodbury last week for this month’s meeting of the state Fish and Wildlife Board.
The petition to extend the trapping season was filed by a Williamstown man and state officials say it wouldn’t yield more than a dozen or so additional kills annually.
But anti-trapping advocates say it’s “inexcusable” that trapping is still accepted.
Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Louis Porter says the board wouldn’t consider a change they thought imperiled a population. The department has recommended the board extend otter season and leave bobcat season as is out of an abundance of caution.
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Information from: WVPS-FM, https://www.vpr.net
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