Earlier on this year, I posted a blog about a group of inventors who had created a re-setting trap -
http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/a-knock-out/#more-1239
Well now DOC is going to trial them. The first traps will be laid in the summer of 2011!
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Re-setting traps
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Posted 1 year ago #
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So do they kill Possums, Rats, Cats and Stoats?
Posted 1 year ago # -
No they just kill possums - standby for a blog!
Posted 1 year ago # -
The ones I have seen in action were initially aimed at stoats as was shown on TV1 News the other night, possums seem to be the latecomer!
Suggest you try
http://www.greens.org.nz/press-releases/greens-and-government-announce-pest-control-project
Posted 1 year ago # -
From the interviews on TV the other night, the govt and DoC seemed quite adament that this was not a step to reducing the use of 1080 though.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi raptor, the designer I talked to said it was primarily aimed at possums - however it may also kill stoats and ferrets -
http://blog.forestandbird.org.nz/catch-and-release/#more-2239
Posted 1 year ago # -
There are versions ready or being developed for possums, stoats and rats I think, from what I can see on the developers' site: http://www.goodnature.co.nz/
Check out their videos and watch the bodies pile up. The 5 possums in 7 nights from 1 trap is impressive.
Posted 1 year ago # -
This YouTube video from DOC showcases some exciting new methods of pest control, including re-setting traps. The Spitfire, a re-setting poison delivery device that can humanely dispatch up to 100 stoats with the newly-registered toxin PAPP will be of considerable interest to those who are running stoat control projects on the Coast as they fit in the standard tunnels (starts at 5:10 on the video).
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