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Modified Traps Fundraiser

There is an ongoing fundraiser to test a variety of modified humane restraining traps, specifically for coyote, tested by the Fur Institute of Canada in an attempt to pass the Canadian Standards process to determine if they will qualify for use in Canada under the AIHTS.

Currently the Fur Institute of Canada has offered manufacturers, retailers and/or interested parties a special offer to economically test traps for coyote.

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Traps that are to be tested under this special offer must fall within specific parameters to ensure that within this offer/process, nobody is wasting money or time and other such precious resources in this effort.

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The window is short.

Currently, funds are required by November 1, 2024, so if we are to fundraise this, we need to step up and get this done quickly.

Coyote Specific

Most species of Canadian furbearers have had numerous traps pass the standards process, however the coyote and related traps have fallen behind. Very few traps have passed over the years for coyote while the standard/process was in development for the testing of restraining devices for this species.

Initially, Canadian and American test data was to be shared but it was later decided that Canadian data only would be considered. The problem has been recently further complicated due to the Woodstream Corporation discontinuing it’s manufacture of animal traps, of which included three models of restraining traps for coyote that had passed the standards process.

Thus, at this time the Canadian trappers need more options for coyote restraining traps.

Background

In 1991, the European Union initiated a law that would ban leghold traps in Europe as well as ban the importation of wild fur from countries that continued to use traps deemed as such.

Since that time, a set of standards was developed, specifically the Agreement of International Trap Standards (AIHTS) which gained recognition by the ISO, which is an internationally accepted non-governmental body, namely the International Organization for Standardization.

These standards obligated Canada to implement the use of recognized humane traps only, that being traps which would pass intense the criteria set out in the process As it is now 2024, it is what it is, the Canadian government and trappers all have legal obligations to live under.