I grew up trapping muskrat in western New York state in the small rural community of Bolivar. I learned to trap from school mates, setting No. 110 conibears in a swamp near town. The first swamp I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Evans and Standley with their giant wolf On Dec. 22 I received a message from a local Fairbanks trapper whom I’ve known for years.

Wolf viewings by tourists are down dramatically in Denali National Park and Preserve, and conservation groups are blasting a 2010 decision by Alaska game managers to allow wolf hunting and trapping on ...

Every winter, dogs in Alaska are maimed and killed by snares and powerful “quick-kill” Conibear crushing traps placed, virtually without restriction, in public multi-use areas. Alaska’s exceptionally ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska advisory council will recommend that federal regulators end the requirement for subsistence hunters to mark their traps with identifying numbers. The Southeast Alaska ...

PALMER, AL The large, friendly mutt lost most of the lower half of his left legs after getting caught in an animal trap or snare. Now, the black and brown canine has become a symbol in Alaska for what ...

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted in favor of a policy change that could affect animal trapping. After recent reports of dogs dying from getting caught in traps, the goal of the new ordinance ...

KENAI, Alaska (AP) — Lynx trapping will not open up on the Kenai Peninsula this year as populations of the wildcat and its prey move through a low cycle. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...