In 2021, Born Free USA, working in collaboration with Humane Society International (HSI) and Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), went undercover in the U.S. trapping industry. Our investigator attended the National Trappers Association Convention in Iowa in July 2021, then went on to attend a state-sponsored "Trappers Education Course," provided in partnership between Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Iowa Trappers Association, before going out on trap lines with three trappers. What our investigator saw, heard, and documented was harrowing.

In this clip, an insurance agent at the National Trapping Association (NTA) Convention suggests that the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) would be on the side of the trapper if a child should get caught in a trap and would threate to sue the child's family for tampering with the trap.

Learn more about the investigation, TRAPPED: EXPOSING THE VIOLENCE OF ANIMAL TRAPPING IN THE U.S., and take action to end trapping at https://bornfreeusa.org/trappingexposed

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