Reading the article it says the dog was caught in a foothold trap, then it says that the snare that caught the dog was lost. Which is it? I have hounds and like them better than99.99% of people, I get that you don't want your dog hurt and are upset. But, I can also say that I've had quite a number of my dogs caught in traps over the years, and not a single one of them ever had to go to the vet. They might gimp around for a few minutes, or even a day or so if they had been in the trap for while, but they were fine. Now if the dog was caught in cold weather and held overnight his foot might be froze, and then you're going to have to have it taken off. I've known of a couple hound guys that had that happen back before tracking collars. But as a 'dog walker' one would assume you were close to your dog, particularly since you went past signs saying there were traps in the area. So there should have been no issues with freezing.

As a trapper I get frustrated with all the people in the woods these days, and it seems they all have a dog or two with them any more. What I've noticed is in the snow you can't hardly get away from them. If they are using any part of the area, even if they aren't using where you go, as soon as you go there and make a trail, they will follow.

Personally, with it linking to a major anti-trapping site, and the trapper having signs up, it sounds to me like they went in there looking for a confrontation.

I may have tried it, and many other wine coolers, and cheap wines, and ....

I don't drink busch light anymore, lol.