Fwd: L.I., NY: Zephyr, dog got head caught in steel trap & died...BAN TRAPPING!

May 24, 2006

WARNING: GRAPHIC (the dog is in lying in the back of the car with the steel trap clamped over his head...both on the website in the attachment and here -- http://www.eyeonthehamptons.com/ -- as well as at the bottom of the attachment). PLEASE SUPPORT the BANNING of TRAPPING...not only so Zephyr didn't die in vain, but also so NO animals will die this way (dogs, wild animals, or otherwise)! I encourage everyone to join to post or crosspost messages. Everyone needs to take on a share of the work. I have a list of dog, wildlife, vegan, and animal rights groups...just ask.

PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST EVERYWHERE

In Memory of Zephyr.....and a reason to ban all trapping

FACE IT - TRAPPING SHOULD BE BANNED, PERIOD!

For the latest outcome on this case, which renders Zephyr a hero, even in death ,:

WWW.EYEONTHEHAMPTONS.COM

IT SEEMED FOR A WHILE THAT 3 YEAR OLD ZEPHYR THE DOG, HAD BEEN BLESSED WITH A SECOND CHANCE AT A PEACEFUL AND LOVING LIFE WITH HIS NEW OWNER, GAIL MURPHY.

THIS GOOD NATURED,SWEET BOY HAD MANAGED TO SURVIVE A HURRICANE IN THE BAHAMAS(HURRICANE FRANCES) AND WAS THEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ADOPTED BY A LONG ISLAND RESIDENT, GAIL MURPHY FROM LONG ISLAND'S VERY OWN ANIMAL RESCUE FUND(A.R.F.)

( http://www.arfhamptons.org/index.ihtml )

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ZEPHYR WAS, FINALLY, LIVING A HAPPY LIFE OUT EAST, ON LONG ISLAND,NY.

AT LEAST FOR A WHILE, LIFE WAS GOOD.

ON DEC. 11, 2005, TRAGEDY STRUCK.

EVERYTHING THE DOG HAD COME TO KNOW AND LOVE, CAME TO AN ABRUPT END, THANKS TO A HEARTLESS SUBHUMAN.

ONE DAY, WHILE TAKING A LEISURELY STROLL WITH HIS OWNER; IN A QUIET AREA OF OPEN NATURE PRESERVE, ZEPHYR WENT SNIFFING AROUND THE GRASSY AREA THEY WERE PASSING THROUGH.

HE WAS OFF LEASH, BUT NOT MORE THAN YARDS FROM HIS MISTRESS, AS HE HAPPILY ENJOYED THE SMELLS OF NATURE AROUND HIM; AND CURIOUSLY SNIFFED AND PAWED ABOUT HIM.

THEN SUDDENLY.....

A LOUD NOISE- A NOISE UNFAMILIAR TO HIS OWNER- AND SUDDENLY, A TERRIFIED ZEPHYR RUNNING BACK TO HIS OWNER FOR HELP; A FRANTIC LOOK IN HIS EYES.

ZEPHYR'S HEAD HAD BEEN CLOSED UPON BY A TRAP- AN ILLEGALLY SET WILDLIFE TRAP.

WHILE ZEPHYR LOOKED FRANTICALLY AT HIS OWNER FOR HELP, PAWING AT THE TRAP ON HIS HEAD, SHE DESPERATELY STRUGGLED IN VAIN TO OPEN THE STEEL JAWS OF THE TRAP, REALIZING WITH HORROR, SHE COULD NOT.

SHE DID NOT HAVE THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH TO OPEN THE TRAP.

SCREAMING FOR HELP, SHE WATCHED IN HORROR, AS HER BELOVED DOG STRANGLED TO DEATH IN LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.

THERE WAS NOTHING SHE COULD DO TO SAVE THE DOG SHE TREASURED...NO ONE WAS WITHIN EAR SHOT TO HEAR HER CRIES FOR HELP

(* IT WAS LATER FOUND THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY RELEASE ON THIS TRAP( KNOW AS A CONIBEAR- AND IT EVENTUALLY TOOK TWO MEN TO GET THE TRAP OPEN)

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TO LOSE A BELOVED PET LIKE THIS IS A NIGHTMARE.

A NIGHTMARE YOU NEVER FORGET.

IT HAPPENED TO AN INNOCENT DOG.

IT COULD JUST AS EASILY HAVE BEEN A CHILD, ADULT, PET- OR ANY FORM OF WILDLIFE, THAT MIGHT HAVE WANDERED AIMLESSLY( AND INNOCENTLY) INTO THAT TRAP THAT KILLED ZEPHYR.

THE PERSON THAT PLACED THE TRAP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND HIS INTENDED VICTIMS WERE RACCOONS.

THE TRAP HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY SET IN A BUCKET, A 5 GALLON PAIL, WITH FISH AS BAIT, SO THAT ANY ANIMAL THAT CAME UPON THIS SET UP, WOULD INSTINCTIVELY PUT THEIR HEAD INTO THE BUCKET AND THE JAWS OF DEATH WOULD CLAMP SHUT ON THEM.

Now that we see an actual photo of a domestic pet killed by a trap, it gives us a new vision of why trapping is horribly inhumane, regardless of what animal ends up caught in its jaws.

If you have the option to vote against trapping in the state you live in

PLEASE DO.

* DUE TO THE GRAPHIC NATURE OF THE PHOTO- IT HAS BEEN PLACED AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE EMAIL, GIVING YOU THE OPTION TO VIEW OR NOT VIEW IT.

GOD BLESS YOU ZEPHYR- YOU DID NOT DESERVE THIS KIND OF END AFTER PREVAILING THROUGH SO MUCH TURMOIL IN YOUR LIFE.

BE HAPPY AND RUN WITH THE ANGELS.....

~The Grinning Doggy~

JANICE SCLAFANI

http://www.bancrueltraps.com/

GO HERE FOR A LIST OF NON-TARGET ANIMALS THAT WERE CAUGHT IN TRAPS -

http://www.bancrueltraps.com/b_nontarget_chart.php

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