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VANCOUVER — After a season in which the forests of Coastal B.C. have been found laced with an unusual number of tripwires, obstacles and outright booby traps, the region’s outdoor class are taking to the woods with a keen eye for the handiwork of saboteurs.

“At this point, we’re telling hikers and runners to be extra-vigilant,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesman for the North Vancouver RCMP.

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Last Tuesday, 52-year-old hiker Chris Beveridge was running along a Grouse Mountain trail in North Vancouver when her leg became caught in a wire tied to a tree.

“Some people don’t want dogs on this trail, and I am very suspicious that this was the purpose for it,” she wrote in a letter to Postmedia.

The incident occurred within two kilometres of the spot where, in late May, a labradoodle was injured when it bit into a set of barbed hooks baited by cow kidneys and suspended from a tree.

The dog’s owner reportedly found the animal hanging from the trap, and required the assistance of nearby hikers to remove the hooks caught in its mouth.