WEST GREENWICH – The "troubling discovery" of a dog caught in an illegal hunting snare earlier this month led to the arrest of a 28-year-old Hope Valley man on multiple illegal hunting charges ...

At the scene, officers said they found two snares with plastic food plates with bait on them. A deer was found dead in one of the snares, according to DEM officials. ALSO READ: Sakonnet Vineyard ...

The discovery suggests that if bears learn to associate traps with easy prey, the risk of encounters with humans could rise.

Boya Prasad and Nakka Mahender from Shivalingapur were apprehended for hunting wild animals using the snare in the forests ...

Forest officials from the Sundarbans East Forest Division recovered 25kg of deer meat and hunting traps during a raid in the ...

"MNR Conservation Officers found that the snares, though set up legally, were accidentally affecting deer due to changing snow levels," the MNR told BayToday in an email in February of 2024.