Lassie - Episode

A local heat wave is causing problems for the local farmers as water becomes precious. When the farmers start laying out traps to protect their crops against the encroaching wildlife, Lassie is accidentally caught in one, much to Cully's ire. He starts a campaign of springing the traps, which cause the farmers to question his sanity and they try to have him declared incompetent and put away in a old age home.
INTERESTING TRIVIA: It is never said upon whose land the traps are being set. It was/is illegal everywhere in the US to have traps set on private property without permission of the owner, and all government owned land was off limits to trapping outside of hunting season, and only then with a permit and for the traps to be marked so they are not stumbled upon by any person or livestock (known as a "non-target animal"). On the flip side, it was/is illegal for anyone to bother a legally set trap, or to spring a legally set trap. There were a number of types of traps in use during the 50's and 60's when this episode was recorded. The type trap that Lassie stepped into would have instantly broken her leg had it been a real trap. Trapping laws have become far more humane in recent years with capture traps that did not harm the animal and would allow uninjured release to any captured non-target animal caught.
NOTE: Lassie and the Lassie Trademark are owned by DreamWorks Classics which is part of Dreamworks Animation LLC who purchased Classic Media, LLC in 2013. This episode was publicly broadcast via over the air (OTA) antenna TV by NBC affiliate COZI TV in the original format without modification, stretching or cropping. Recorded, edited and uploaded by Collie Lover to KZbin in July 2015 with no remuneration whatsoever. All KZbin pre-video advertisements are authorized and placed by Classic Media who own the Lassie copyright.