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Originally Posted by Octane
Perhaps city folk are moving into dingo territory.
Either way, glad to hear that the traps are humane, at the very least.
I care about wildlife, whether it be predatory or domesticated.
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Yes-Its good to move on from the older steel jaw traps with teeth-these are inhumane-non target species had no chance-the new ones can be pan tension adjusted to 3.5/4.5 pond trigger weight,so much less chance of non target species such as magpies,crows etc get caught,also they have off set jaws-which mean there is a large gap,so birds legs are not damaged,and the design allows pressure over a larger area of leg of animal,so there is less pain.
I do not approve of cruel methods of animal handling,and recently helped the stock squad with a case of animal welfare concerns against native wildlife,trapping may appear mean,but when sees other methods of vermin control,such as poison baiting which is non target and kill much native wildlife,one then does see many poor creature die a awful death which should come under question.
These traps are checked regularly and and any target animal dealt a quick and painless as possible dispatch.They are also placed in shaded areas.So all aspects of animal welfare are carefully looked at.