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‘It is so inhumane:’ Illegal animal traps found in Brevard County
MELBOURNE, Fla. – A type of steel animal trap outlawed in Florida since the 1970s has been seen in Brevard County at least three times in recent weeks, wildlife rescue workers tell News 6.Florida Wildlife Trappers, a nuisance wildlife removal company, was dispatched to a raccoon that had climbed a tree near Rockledge with an illegal trap clamped to its leg.[TRENDING: First doses of vaccine sent across US | OK if drivers can’t see out rear window? | Pilot killed in Fla. gyroscope crash]“We don’t know how long it was on its foot,” said trapper Ken Hawley, who helped release the raccoon after he and his team removed the spring-loaded device.The company said it turned over the illegal trap to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation