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Maryland Judge Dismisses Anti-Trapping Lawsuit





A Maryland judge this week dismissed a suit filed by an animal rights group that would have spawned a spate of lawsuits against individual sportsmen around the country. Counsel for the U.S. Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund (SLDF) represented the defendant in this precedent-setting win.

Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason dismissed the suit brought against Michael Adcock, a licensed nuisance trapper working on contract to take coyotes in the Fallsgrove community of Rockville, Maryland. The suit was filed by the Montgomery Co. Humane Society and five area residents.

“Had the plaintiffs prevailed, the door would have been opened for animal rights groups around the country to file lawsuits against individual law-abiding hunters, fishermen and trappers in every state,” said William Horn, U.S. Sportsmen’s Legal Defense Fund counsel. “We’re very pleased the judge dismissed the plaintiffs’ attempt to rewrite trapping laws to suit their animal rights agenda.”

In dismissing the case, Judge Mason commented that the plaintiffs could not maintain a lawsuit against an individual permit-holder who was operating within the rules set by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the issuer of the permit.

“I can’t thank the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance enough,” commented defendant Michael Adcock. “I belong to every sportsmen’s group around and they were the only ones who offered to help me.”

Last October, a Maryland circuit court judge denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiffs to force Adcock to stop trapping.
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