Voters this November will decide the future of traps and snares on Montana’s public lands. A proposal to end commercial and recreational trapping on Montana’s public lands will appear on November’s ballot.
Supporters of I-177 say they were notified Thursday that they had collected more than enough valid signatures.
A similar measure failed to qualify in 2010.
Connie Poten of Montana Trap-Free Public Lands says a lot has changed since then.
"Most people then didn’t even know trapping existed. There was a lot of education we had to do and we’ve been doing it over the past six years, so many more people are aware of trapping and how unnecessary it is and how cruel it is."
Representatives of the Montana Trappers Association could not be immediately reached for comment today.
I-177 supporters say trapping would be allowed to protect livestock, property, health and safety when non-lethal methods have failed.
