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The Maplewood City dinance are mouse and
Council last week passed rat traps set in homes or
an ordinance banning buildings by the owner
the use of steel-jawed or occupant.
spring "leg-hold" traps Residents have corn-
used to catch wild ani- plained that domestic
mals. pets have been injured
Excluded from the or- by the leg-hold traps,
and council members ex-
pressed fears that chil-
dren could become
caught in the traps.