The council finds and declares that the use of steel-jawed, leghold traps within the
city is potentially harmful to the citizens of the city, particularly children and
to domesticated animal and fowl, and is unnecessarily harmful, painful and injurious
to wild animals; that, it is the purpose of this division to promote the public health,
safety and welfare of the citizens of the city by prohibiting the use of steel-jawed,
leghold traps in the manner set out.
