Robert Torricelli: “If it is a predator and it is for management of the species, they are free to use any trap they want. Second, it was…”

“If it is a predator and it is for management of the species, they are free to use any trap they want. Second, it was appropriately pointed out if they are in the business of getting furs, they are in that cash business. My amendment would impact them. However, if they are using these traps for subsistence for their own consumption, as the Senator knows, they are also exempt from my amendment. There is a great deal of debate on this floor for a great number of people who have no relationship to my amendment. We are dealing with two traps, one kind of land, narrowly defined, with six exemptions. We are dealing with a fraction of a fraction of the hunting that is going on, which will still leave the United States as the only developed nation in the world that is allowing the traps to be overwhelmingly used. If we cannot take the narrow stand for the wildlife refuge, my guess is we can take no stand at all. I yield the floor and I thank the Senator from Alaska for what has been an enlightening discussion.”