Meet Dan Gates, Colorado's trapper who dominates wildlife policy in our state. Isn't he special??? Trapping wild animals—often beavers, muskrats, coyotes, or bobcats—for their fur isn't just an archaic practice; it's a deliberate act of prolonged suffering for profit, one that clashes with any modern notion of ethical wildlife management or compassion. The process in Colorado involves live traps and, with permits, some can still use leg-hold traps, or body-gripping devices that can leave animals