New trapping law hits snag with ranchers

Go ahead and bait that mousetrap. A law passed earlier this year by the Nevada Legislature technically criminalized the use of unregistered mousetraps — but the Legislative Commission recently deferred its implementation until 2015. Of course, the intent of lawmakers was not to make it illegal to catch rodents. But that was one of the arguments used by groups such as the Farm Bureau to address the law’s lack of an exemption for private property owners. According to the Farm Bureau, in discussions and public meetings prior to the legislative session “there had always been a stated intention that private property owners would retain their ability to use traps in protecting their property ...” Ranchers and farmers use a lot of traps, so they launched a major campaign against its implementation. The real intent of the law was to address illegal trapping and trap theft. SB 213 required trappers to register each device with the Department of Wildlife, and attach the registration number to the device...more

Register your pickup with the state, your guns with the BATF and now, your traps with the DOW.  This ain't the Nevada I used to live in.