Trapping is the capture of animals by means of a physical system or device. A trap may be designed to kill, injure, or preserve the captured animal; those that use nooses are also known as snares. Frequently the trap makes use of a lure such as food (including live animals) or-particularly for insects-a species-specific sexual attractant.

Humane traps really aren't all that humane! Surprised? You shouldn't be if you have read this far. The fact is that so called "live traps" can really be quite cruel. For example, a squirrel trapped in a box trap (we don't call them live traps because it is too vague a term; in fact footholds and sometimes snares are live traps). Squirrels often panic and will actually die from fright in the cage. Of course we haven't even mentioned the situations where squirrels freeze to death in the wint

1. Most provinces require that most traps be checked every calendar day. Often there is an exception for under ice sets, which would be checked every two-calendar day.

3. Footholds are a generic name that refers to a variety of foothold traps. Footholds can have padded jaws, offset jaws and steel jaws. Padded jaw footholds have been used to capture endangered species for relocation purposes. Question, why would biologists use a cruel trap to capture an endangered animal in the attempt to save it? One such example is the Otter restoration project. According to Mark Downey, "...almost every one (otter) of the more than 2,700 otters used in these restoration programs were captured in the wild by trappers using foothold traps. Probably not a surprise to you. No.11 longsprings and #1 coilsprings (sometimes padded) are the traps of choice." I find it interesting that the animal rights fail to mention this fact to the public, namely that Otter restoration projects relied on footholds to catch otters for relocation.

2. New trappers are required to undertake trapping education so they know how to properly use the equipment.

er cold. So what would be more humane? A kill trap placed over the squirrel den opening, where it has a reasonable chance to die quickly? Or a box trap where it has the chance to die from exposure?

Foot-hold traps are more selective than we are telling you. In my prospective, every trap is ultimately non-selective. That is every trap can potentially capt

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