"She had been brought up here from Texas by another Wisconsin rescue and was adopted by a family in Oshkosh, who only had her for three weeks before she escaped," Karen said.Īfter receiving a clean bill of health, Butters spent a few days in foster care with Katie McNamara from Sandy Paws Rescue, who has experience helping stray dogs adjust to domestic life. Bernard's Animal Medical Center in Van Dyne for a health check, where they discovered she had a microchip that told her story. "And every night we removed the traps once she had eaten so she wouldn't get caught if we weren't watching."Īfter her safe capture, Butters was taken to St. “She knew where her food and water was in the backyard and would visit every night," Karen said. I often put my hands in them to show people there is no harm or pain."Īt first Butters was wise to the smell of a new person and avoided it, but after a few days of returning to the Sheppard's food dish, the trap worked. "Scientists use them to trap and study all kinds of animals. "Foothold traps have a wrongful reputation and are really designed to hold, not harm," he said. Tripke, who traps both professionally and as a hobby, said after surveying the situation, he suggested a foot hold trap as the best option since all others had failed. Prior to him entering the picture, Butters had managed to avoid a coyote trap, a large raccoon trap, a modified bobcat trap and an automatic door trap.
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