Trap Free America

20/08/2026

At Trap Free America, we believe the Endangered Species Act has been a shield for America’s most vulnerable wildlife for generations.

Right now, that shield is under threat. Over a million species are at risk of extinction, and recent rollbacks could weaken the protections endangered and threatened species depend on to survive.

We have a moral obligation to speak for the wildlife that cannot speak for itself. Call and email your federal senators and representative at 202-225-3121 and tell them to protect a strong Endangered Species Act.

Let’s choose stewardship over profit and save our wildlife before it’s too late.

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13/08/2026

At Trap Free America, we believe protecting the Endangered Species Act means protecting the wildlife, wild places, and natural systems we all depend on.

The ESA has helped protect some of America’s most vulnerable species, including the Bald Eagle and Grey Wolf. Now, key habitat protections are under threat, and our wildlife needs us to take action.

Call and email your federal representative and two senators at 202-225-3121. Then visit trapfreeamerica.org and use the Take Action page to send an email.

Demand that the Endangered Species Act remain intact. Help SAVE AMERICA’S WILDLIFE!

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23/07/2026

At Trap Free America, we believe wildlife is more than beautiful. It is essential to healthy ecosystems, clean water, pollinators, and the natural systems we all depend on.

Wildlife is disappearing at an alarming rate, and trapping, wildlife trade, habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss continue to put vulnerable species at risk. But we still have a choice.

Together, we can protect wildlife, restore ecosystems, and help ensure these remarkable animals are here for future generations.

Join us. Stand together. Help Save America’s Wildlife.

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16/07/2026

At Trap Free America, we believe America’s public lands should be safe for wildlife, pets, and people. H.R. 4108, the Refuge From Cruel Trapping Act, would help protect animals by prohibiting the use of body-gripping traps within the National Wildlife Refuge System, with limited exceptions.

Millions of animals are still being trapped and killed on public lands, and these traps do not discriminate. Wildlife, endangered species, family pets, and even people can become victims.

You can help us take action. Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at 202-225-3121 and ask your Representative to support H.R. 4108.

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08/07/2026

ACTION REQUIRED!

Trapping is allowed on almost half of our public wildlife refuges. Please call your federal representative and ask them to support H.R. 4108 the "Rufuge From Cruel Trapping " at 202-225-3121.

Below is the list of National Wildlife Refuges that allow trapping. Please voice your concerns over trapping on public land in America!
Alabama
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge
Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Becharof National Wildlife Refuge
Innoko National Wildlife Refuge
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge
Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge
Selawik National Wildlife Refuge
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge
Togiak National Wildlife Refuge
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge

Arizona
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Arkansas
Bald K**b National Wildlife Refuge
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge
Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
Logan Cave National Wildlife Refuge
Overflow National Wildlife Refuge
Pond Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge

California
Butte Sink Wildlife Management Area
Colusa National Wildlife Refuge
Delevan National Wildlife Refuge
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Merced National Wildlife Refuge
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
Salinas National River Wildlife Refuge
San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
San Joaquin River National Wildlife Refuge
San Luis National Wildlife Refuge
Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge
Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge

Delaware
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Florida
Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge
Florida Keys National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge
Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Nathaniel P. Reed Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pinellas National Wildlife Refuge
St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge

Georgia
Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge
Wolf Island National Wildlife Refuge

Hawaii
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge
Huleia National Wildlife Refuge
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Oahu National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Illinois
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Great River National Wildlife Refuge
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge

Indiana
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Iowa
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Iowa Wetland Management District
Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge

Idaho
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Kansas
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge

Kentucky
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge

Louisiana
Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge
Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Breton National Wildlife Refuge
Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
D'Arbonne National Wildlife Refuge
Delta National Wildlife Refuge
Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge
Mandalay National Wildlife Refuge
Red River National Wildlife Refuge
Sabine National Wildlife Refuge
Shell Keys National Wildlife Refuge
Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge

Maine
Aroostook National Wildlife Refuge
Cross Island National Wildlife Refuge
Franklin Island National Wildlife Refuge
Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge
Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge

Maryland
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Patuxent Research Refuge

Massachusetts
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge
Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

Michigan
Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge
Michigan Wetland Management District
Seney National Wildlife Refuge
Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge

Minnesota
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
Big Stone Wetland Management District
Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Litchfield Wetland Management District
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District
Morris Wetland Management District
Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge
Windom Wetland Management District

Mississippi
Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge
Dahomey National Wildlife Refuge
Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Hillside National Wildlife Refuge
Holt Collier National Wildlife Refuge
Mathews Brake National Wildlife Refuge
Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge
Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge
Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge
St. Catherine Creek National Wildlife Refuge
Tallahatchie National Wildlife Refuge
Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge
Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge

Missouri
Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
Great River National Wildlife Refuge
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge
Mingo National Wildlife Refuge
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge

Montana
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge
Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Nebraska
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge

Nevada
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge

New Hampshire
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge - Pondicherry Division
Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge

New Jersey
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge
Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

New Mexico
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge

New York
Amagansett National Wildlife Refuge
Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge
Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge
Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge
Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge

North Carolina
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Cedar Island National Wildlife Refuge
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
P*e Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Swanquarter National Wildlife Refuge

North Dakota
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge
Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge

Ohio
Cedar Point National Wildlife Refuge
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge

Oklahoma
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge
Little River National Wildlife Refuge
Neches River National Wildlife Refuge
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge
Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge
Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge

Oregon
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge

Pennsylvania
Erie National Wildlife Refuge

South Carolina
Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge
Ernest F. Hollings ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge
Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge
Santee National Wildlife Refuge
Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
Tybee National Wildlife Refuge
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge

South Dakota
Lacreek National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Waubay National Wildlife Refuge

Tennessee
Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge
Cross Creeks National Wildlife Refuge
Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Isom National Wildlife Refuge
Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge
Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge

Texas
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge

Utah
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Vermont
Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge
Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge - Nulhegan Basin Division

Virginia
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge
Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge

Washington
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
Hanford Reach National Monument/Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge
Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White-Tailed Deer
Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Toppen*sh National Wildlife Refuge
Willapa National Wildlife Refuge

West Virginia
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Wisconsin
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Leopold Wetland Management District
Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
St. Croix Wetland Management District
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge
Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge

Wyoming
Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
Guam National Wildlife Refuge
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge

06/07/2026

Our Future depends on Wildlife. Contact your congress people and express your concerns at 202-225-3121. We must end trapping and protect the endangered species act for our future.

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06/05/2026

Tabling at a community event for awareness for wildlife.
Amazing low numbers of the population of wildlife dipping to less than 4% of all mammals with livestock topping over 60% and cattle the largest contributor.
Habitat destruction is one of the largest factor along with the trapping of furbearers. It is estimated 5 Million animals are taken annually by trappers with many more millions trapped by private land owners and federal agencies. We must stop the wanton killing of our wildlife. Do what you can to help wildlife.
Volunteer on our website to end trapping.
www.trapfreeamerica.org

06/05/2026

These beagles are living their lives in traps. Do what you can to set them free.

A major step forward has been reached in a case that has drawn global attention.

Rescue organizations have secured an agreement with Ridglan Farms to transfer around 1,500 beagles into the care of animal welfare groups in Wisconsin, United States.

Groups including Big Dog Ranch Rescue and Center for a Humane Economy helped broker the deal after years of pressure, investigations, and public campaigns—some supported by Ricky Gervais.

The dogs will now receive medical care, vaccinations, and identification before being placed with adoption partners across the country. Many had spent their entire lives in confined indoor environments, making this transition a significant change.

While the agreement marks meaningful progress, attention is now turning to the remaining dogs not yet included, as advocates continue pushing for broader outcomes.

After years of advocacy and legal efforts, thousands of animals are beginning a new chapter.

06/04/2026

What a waste of our wildlife. Trapping must be banned.

Trapping for 38 years. This trapper posted June 28 that he trapped 350 coyote, 200 to 300 mink, 1,000 to 1,500 c***s and other wildlife each year. He doesn't mention how many dogs cats, and endangered species his traps caught and he killed.