The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has produced a video that shows how to release pets from traps and snares.
The video covers different sorts of traps and snares that dog owners might encounter in the outdoors and the methods and tools needed to release inadvertently captured pets.
According to a news release from the department, "Fish and Game does not know exactly how many dogs were caught in traps each year and not reported. However, trapper harvest reports have identified an increasing trend in incidental dog catches - from 2 in 2000 to 32 in 2013. Two dogs were also reported killed in body grip traps this year.
These increasing trends and recent incidents, coupled with a heightened concern voiced by dog owners, prompted Fish and Game to develop this instructional video."