Sierra Club national board takes stand against body-grip trapping

SAN FRANCISCO–The Sierra Club national board of directors on May 19, 2012 adopted a new “Policy on Trapping of Wildlife” which may be the 110-year-old organization’s strongest statement yet against any form of hunting.
States the policy,  “Use of body-gripping devices–including leghold traps,  snares,  and Conibear traps–are  indiscriminate to age,  sex and species and typically result in injury, pain,  suffering,  and/or death of target and
non-target animals.  The Sierra Club considers body-gripping,  restraining and killing traps and snares to be ecologically indiscriminate and unnecessarily inhumane and therefore opposes their use.  The Sierra Club promotes and supports humane,  practical and effective methods of mitigating human-wildlife conflicts and actively discourages the use of inhumane and indiscriminate methods.  The Sierra Club recognizes the rights of indigenous peoples under federal laws and treaties granting rights of self-determination and rights to pursue subsistence taking of wildlife.” Read more