Considering the specialized equipment, not her first rodeo.
Quick searching suggests she hunts them with the traps but has to release when she’s over her quota or the season is over.
Why does she hunt them? Are the overpopulated or intrusive or something?
Edit to add: here’s what I found after a few iterations of searching:
Skye Goode is a woman who engages in a regular practice of trapping coyotes around her home, where they pose a threat to the environment.
Unlike other trappers, she uses a humane, modern-day foothold trap that is strong enough to trap a variety of different animals but does not break any bones and does not draw blood.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/real-life-wonder-woman-saves-trapped-bobcat-from-trap/
So she doesn’t hunt wildcats. Where’d you get your info?
I’m glad to know it’s a humane trap because this is not a video of a woman “helping” a wild cat like OP said. It’s a video of a woman mitigating a mistaken impact her traps made on an unintended species. She’s got special equipment for this so clearly expects it. But if she’s dealing with bad coyote problems, and it’s not harmful to the cat, then okay I guess.
Story I found is that she hunts coyotes and that these traps are humane, not breaking bones or drawing blood.
It’s probably her trap
First video of an animal being released where it doesn’t just bolt away the second it can. Heck, that cat even looked thankful after the fact like “oh shit, you helped me? I kinda like you now”
/me adds to the list of ways America is super fucked up
In most of the rest of the western world, simply owning a trap like that is illegal - setting one will land you a serious fine and a criminal conviction. They are super dangerous, and you are just as likely to catch a person as you are an animal
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/real-life-wonder-woman-saves-trapped-bobcat-from-trap/
It’s safe, it’s a coyote trap that gloms on without drawing blood or breaking bones. Can even stick your hand in it.
Here’s hoping the cat doesn’t have a serious paw injury.
