The basket was shallowly buried in sand. It contained noose peg snares, a net bag, three fish hooks and fishing line, and three bundles of games snares with over a hundred snares in all. This was ...

Turns out, it had a snare embedded into its upper jaw. AJ Ellis, a licensed alligator trapper contracted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), was hired to remove the ...

unless covered by a specific permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, constitutes an illegal “take” under the Endangered Species Act, even if it’s accidental. Today’s court order bans most uses ...