huntintn
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Is there any special tags and whose responible if a dog gets in a kill trap set for a beaver.
Trapping ????
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TCA 70-4-120:
D) Persons trapping upon the lands of another shall at once make to the owner of the lands a full written report of the head of fowl, stock, or dog caught in the steel trap or other trapping device set by such person, giving the date the fowl, stock or dog was caught, with a full description of the fowl, stock or dog.
(E) When damage is done to any person's fowl, stock, dogs or the like by reason of being caught by the device, the one setting or placing the device shall be liable for all damages done by such device.
(F) All traps set or used for the purpose of taking any wild animals shall be stamped with the owner's name in such manner that the same shall be legible at all times. Any trap or traps found that are not stamped may be confiscated or destroyed.
D) Persons trapping upon the lands of another shall at once make to the owner of the lands a full written report of the head of fowl, stock, or dog caught in the steel trap or other trapping device set by such person, giving the date the fowl, stock or dog was caught, with a full description of the fowl, stock or dog.
(E) When damage is done to any person's fowl, stock, dogs or the like by reason of being caught by the device, the one setting or placing the device shall be liable for all damages done by such device.
(F) All traps set or used for the purpose of taking any wild animals shall be stamped with the owner's name in such manner that the same shall be legible at all times. Any trap or traps found that are not stamped may be confiscated or destroyed.
shane37110
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What if the traps are on your property and the dog belongs somewhere else?
shane37110 said:
You are still liable. Even if they are trespassing. That is why steal jawed traps are illegal for land sets in TN.
shane37110
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Really?
shane37110 said:
Crappie luck is correct. The trapper, by statute, is liable for all damages to domestic animals.
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