BILL · 2003–04 SESSION

HB 2371: Body-gripping traps

Allowing for wildlife management through the limited use of body-gripping traps.

Summary

Expands the use of body-gripping traps to moles, gophers, and certain cattle and timber owners when operating under a special permit.
Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to conduct public education on the use of special trapping permits.
Creates the legislative furbearer study group to investigate the proper disposition of trapped animals.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the implementation of a wildlife management program that allows the limited use of body-gripping traps in specific situations;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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