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MCPHERSON – Law enforcement authorities in McPherson County are reminding residents of state hunting laws.
This week a resident in McPherson observed a fox caught and injured by a trap, which it was dragging in the vicinity of a community park, according to a social media report from McPherson police.
Officers were able to find the animal, remove it from the trap, and transport it to the McPherson Animal Shelter.
Unfortunately, the damage was done and the animal suffered a broken leg and jaw.
The female kit was treated for its injuries; the limb was amputated and the jaw was sutured. She is recovering at a rehabilitation facility and will be taken to a wildlife sanctuary after recovery, according to police.
Police remind residents per Kansas’ statute, “Unless and except as permitted by law it is unlawful for any person to take or use, at any time or in any manner, any game bird, game animal, coyote or furbearing animal, whether pen-raised or wild.”
Trapping season for fox closed last in February and regardless, there is no hunting or trapping inside city limits.
Setting traps in the area of parks where other wildlife, pets, adults, and children frequently visit is carelessness at its worst and dangerous.