Curtis Booker is a reporter for KSL.
KAYSVILLE— Residents who frequent portions of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in Davis County are concerned after a dog was recently caught in a foothold trap.The Utah Department of Natural Resources said it was alerted on Jan.
27 to a dog caught in a trap about 40 yards from a portion of the Bonneville Shoreline Trail near Kaysville."The dog's owner reported that his wife was walking the dog when they observed a dead fox. While examining the fox, the dog became caught in a trap nearby. The dog was successfully removed from the trap and taken to a veterinarian for examination," said Capt. Chase Pili, who works in law enforcement for the division.He said the man returned later and found the trap near where the fox had been. But when a department officer arrived to investigate, both the trap and the fox had been removed from the site, and no other traps were found in the area, Pili said.Jennifer Shepherd, a Layton resident, said she heard about the incident on the public trail, and while she doesn't know the dog owner, she sympathizes with them. It also raised concerns about the proximity of legal traps to populated areas."I find that so crazy, because people are up on that trail system all the time. They're jogging, they're biking, they are using photography," she said.But last month's occurrence in a nearby Davis County community also brought back an unpleasant memory for Shepherd."It was just like, not again, not to someone else. That poor dog," she said.In December 2024, Shepherd had a similar experience when her dog "Mac," was caught in an animal trap while they were out for a walk on a public trail in Layton."I could not unclamp the jaws of the trap from Mac's leg. He was screaming and crying in pain," she recounted. Fortunately, officers with Animal Care of Davis County responded and were able to free her dog from the trap."I thought for sure his leg would need amputation or be badly broken. By sheer luck, the teeth of the trap missed his bone and he is OK," she said.Though the traumatic incident could have been much worse for her dog, Shepherd wanted to make sure it didn't happen to another dog in the area.She took the matter to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, which investigated and discovered more traps had been placed in the area, allegedly by the same person, but they couldn't cite the individual since Layton didn't formally have an ordinance against animal trapping on city proper
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