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 ...