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legality of kill traps

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From: C P City: DuPage County, IL
To catch a skunk on my property, a nuisance wildlife remover set a kill trap without my permission. I'm wondering if that was legal but haven't found that information yet online. Can you advise?
	Extension Message From: Laura Kammin Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program lkammin@illinois.edu
Did you hire the NWCO? What kind of trap was it?
From: C P City: DuPage County, IL
Thanks for your reply. I don't know what constitutes membership in NWCO; I hired what I thought was a licensed nuisance wildlife remover. (Uncertain of the licensing now.) I also don't know how to describe the trap other than that it's a lethal trap. In case it's helpful, I do have a photo.
	Extension Message From: Laura Kammin Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program lkammin@illinois.edu
please send the photo to: lkammin@illinois.edu
	Extension Message From: Laura Kammin Visiting Extension Specialist, Pollution Prevention Extension-Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program lkammin@illinois.edu
The NWCOs can legally use a variety of traps. Striped skunks must be euthanized if caught in any trap other than a body griping trap. By law, striped skunks cannot be released.
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