Commissioner Richard Ladwig

Richard Ladwig, president of the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission, listens during public comment at a Tuesday meeting.

After hearing from trappers and trapping reform advocates in the wake of a dog’s death near Afton, the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission plans to again talk about trapping reform.

Becky Barber’s dog, Jester, was killed in an illegally set conibear trap in the Swift Creek drainage this winter. At the tail end of an eight-hour Game and Fish Commission meeting Tuesday, Barber started to give public comment.

Trapping accident

Jester, Becky Barber’s dog, is shown in good health before he was killed in a trapping accident near Afton.

Contact Billy Arnold at 307-732-7063 or barnold@jhnewsandguide.com.

Environmental Reporter

Billy Arnold has been covering the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the people who manage it since January 2022. He previously spent two years covering Teton County government, and a year editing Scene. Tips welcomed.

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