The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to ban traps that snare or grip coyotes, bears, foxes and other animals in the city, deeming such traps inhumane.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the latest setback for a species whose numbers ...

Just days after a poacher's snare had killed one of their own, two young mountain gorillas worked together Tuesday to find and destroy traps in their Rwandan forest home, according to ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Three Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia’s Sumatra island in the latest setback for a critically endangered species whose numbers ...

Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers were found dead after being caught in traps on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated to have ...

Snare traps are commonly used by farmers on Sumatra island to catch wild boars, which are considered destructive pests with a wide and ravenous appetite for a variety of plants.

Randy McNolty is haunted by what happened to his dog, Almoe. The Rottweiler-Lab cross died in his arms, as he frantically struggled and failed to release the snare trap that cut into his pet’s neck.

An Asian elephant who lost his foot to a snare trap when he was just a year old is able to walk, run and swim after being fitted with prosthetics.. Chhouk, who is now 11 years old, had his foot ...

There’s one less free-range zebra on the loose in Maryland. One of the three striped animals that broke out of a private farm in August has been found dead, caught in an illegal snare trap. A ...

Stories of dogs being killed by traps and snares have been making headlines for decades. In the 1990s, dogs dying in traps precipitated reform in Massachusetts, Colorado and California.

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — A Sumatran elephant calf has died days after conservation officials in Indonesia amputated half of her trunk due to severe injuries from a suspected snare trap.

Three critically endangered Sumatran tigers are dead after being caught in traps on Sumatra island. It's the latest setback for a species whose numbers are estimated at about 400.