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A few things about trapping - a trapper has an obligation to check his traps daily, to ensure that the game caught suffers as short a time as possible. A trapper is also to observe local law and land ownership, and the security of the local community members and their property and animals. And finally, a trapper will make sure his traps are properly disarmed, closed and covered when not in use. I have had to free squirrels, martens, cats, a plethora of different birds, and once even a small raccoon dog which I had to shoot inside the trap from these things - fish traps left on the yard open for long perioids of time, at the worst with rotting fish still inside. This I swear, if I find anyone leaving these things neglected, I will first cut the trap, and then the trapper.
These things apply to both game and fish trapping. There's a lot of removal trapping of fish, especially roach, where I live in, but some fishermen have occasionally taken the liberty of not emptying them regularily which leaves traps full of rotting fish floating about in what would otherwise be good leisure and fishing waterways. That's just not right. There's no excuse for ruining other people's outdoors experiences by neglect.
