Welcome to Footloose Montana!
Every year, thousands of steel-jawed leghold traps, body-crushing Conibear traps and throat-choking snares are legally set on Montana’s public lands—all year long. Hundreds of pets, endangered species and other non-target animals are injured or killed in traps.
Footloose Montana provides information about the threat of trapping to public safety on public lands, and its impact on our natural resources.
Please consider making a donation to help us with our mission. Footloose Montana is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
If you prefer to write a check, please download our Membership Form and mail to:
Footloose Montana
P.O. Box 1089,
Florence, MT 59833
LATEST NEWS:
Trap Locations: Check our maps to see areas, including popular recreation spots, reported to have traps. (Updated January 21, 2010)
- A Must Read - Trapped on Public Lands: Tradition is Being Challenged by Recreationists, Dog Owners Helena Independent Record
- Trap-Free Public Lands Initiatve certified by the State Attorney's office.
Montanans for Trap-Free Public Lands (MTFPL) have embarked on gathering signatures to qualify Initiative I-160 for the 2010 ballot.
- Wildlife Advocacy Organizations file motion to Stop Start of Early Coyote & Fox Trapping Season in Maine to protect Imperiled Lynx from Deadly Traps. More
- Footloose Montana Public Service Announcement on YouTube. Watch now
- The Ballot Initiative Committee “Montanans for Trap-Free Public Lands” submits Trap-Free Public Lands Initiative on July 15, 2009 Read News Release
- News about Trapping from around the United States and Canada
- Learn about Montana Legislation on Trapping
- Read the Trapping Testimonies
- Read our most recent Newsletter
- Watch Stories on Trapping, including Footloose Montana's Commercial
Want to know more?
- See how lax Montana’s trapping regulations really are
- What Really Happens to an Animal While in a Trap
- View images of the devastation traps cause. Warning: graphic content
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