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2. Bird trapping - Wikipedia

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   Crows in a trap on a farm in England. Almost all traps involve the use of food, water or decoys to attract birds within range and a mechanism for restricting the movement, injuring or killing birds that come into range. Food, water, decoy birds and call playback may be used to bring birds to the trap. The use of chemical sprays on crops or food ...

3. Lethal ovitrap - Wikipedia

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   A lethal ovitrap is a device which attracts gravid female container-breeding mosquitoes and kills them. The traps halt the insect's life cycle by killing adult insects and stopping reproduction. The original use of ovitraps was to monitor the spread and density of Aedes and other container-breeding mosquito populations by collecting eggs which ...

4. Mantrap (snare) - Wikipedia

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   Mantrap (snare) A mantrap is a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers, art thieves and other trespassers. [1] [unreliable source?] They have taken many forms, the most usual being similar to a large foothold trap, the steel springs being armed with teeth which meet in the victim's leg. In 1827, they were made illegal in ...

5. Nuisance wildlife management - Wikipedia

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   Glue traps and boards can be either a lethal or non-lethal method of control. Glue boards can be used to trap small mammals and snakes. Applying vegetable oil will dissolve the glue, allowing for release, but caution must be taken to avoid scratches and bites from the trapped animal. Glue boards are often used to remove rodents, but they don ...

6. Illicit trappers kill birds in Cyprus on a mass scale, say ...

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   At least 435,000 birds, including warblers and blackcaps, were slaughtered by trappers in the autumn of 2023, BirdLife Cyprus, Britain's Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and the ...

7. Rocket net - Wikipedia

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   Rocket net. Rocket nets and cannon nets are types of animal traps used to trap many live animals, usually birds, but they also have been used to catch large animals such as various species of deer. Rocket nets, cannon nets, and other net launching devices are built upon similar principles have been used since the 1950s (Dill and Thornsberry ...