H.R.3710 - Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. view all titles (2)
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- Official: To end the use of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. as introduced.
- Short: Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act as introduced.
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Official Summary
10/1/2009--Introduced.Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System: (1)Official Summary
10/1/2009--Introduced.Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act - Amends the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to prohibit the use or possession of body-gripping traps in the National Wildlife Refuge System. Imposes on persons who possess or use such traps in the System:(1) for a first offense, a civil fine of up to $500 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used; and
(2) for subsequent offenses, a civil fine of up to $1000 for each body-gripping trap possessed or used, imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both such a civil fine and imprisonment. Makes any body-gripping traps that are possessed or used in violation of this Act, and any wildlife captured by the use of such traps, including the pelts and raw fur, subject to civil forfeiture. Requires persons found to be in violation of such prohibition to pay all associated court costs.
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Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act—H.R. 3710—SUPPORT—if passed, this bill would ban all body-gripping traps, including snare, Conibear, and steel-jaw leghold, from being used on National Wildlife Refuges. This bill would make it illegal to ...
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