California and Utah
Split on
trapping
California voters said no to trapping,
banning leghold traps in the state, 3,974,000 to 2,951,000. The
debate pitted animal-rights groups and the Sierra Club against the
Golden Gate Audubon Society and other groups that claimed trapping
predators, such as foxes, is in some instances necessary for the
recovery of endangered species such as the California clapper rail,
a marsh bird.
Utah looked at the trapping issue
differently, voting by a 56 percent margin to prohibit any
citizens’ initiative that sought to restrict hunting, trapping or
change any wildlife policy unless it received a two-thirds vote of
approval.
” Dustin Solberg
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Split on trapping.
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