Md. Town Bans Steel Animal Traps

MOUNT AIRY, Md. (AP) -- After a Mount Airy resident's pet cat was killed by a steel trap in a neighbor's yard, two residents went to the Town Council to get the devices banned. 

Inhumane animal traps were identified as a public nuisance and were barred effective Dec. 6. 

Mount Airy Mayor Pat Rockinberg says clamp and jaw-type animal traps will not be allowed in town. He said his concern was children who might accidentally get caught in a trap. 

Anyone who violates the ordinance could be fined up to $250. 

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