Abstract: A carpenter bee trap comprises a housing having a hollow interior and at least one solid wall having a hole formed therein to permit carpenter bees to enter the hollow interior of the housing, the hole having about the same size as holes normally made by carpenter bees so that the hole tends to attract such bees. The preferred hole size is in the range from about {fraction (5/16)} inch to about ½ inch. The exterior surface of the solid wall around the hole preferably has a light color, and the walls of housing are preferably opaque so that the hole appears dark from outside the housing. The interior surface of the solid wall forming the interior edge of the hole is preferably substantially flat. The trap may be made of a single piece of molded plastic with molded hinges connecting selected pairs of adjacent walls, and including integral latching means for releasably latching selected pairs of adjacent walls.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) and a method for making an apparatus (10) having a base portion (20) and a plurality of walls (12-18), wherein each of the plurality of walls (12-18) have at least one entry aperture (22), each of which having a certain width (30) which is substantially smaller than the width (51) of a conventional rodent trap (50) and a plurality of identical arcuately shaped extending ridges (24) which traverse the entire periphery of the plurality of walls (12-18), effective to contain a conventional rodent trap (50) and a rodent (100).

Abstract: A pest control device (10), and a method of suppressing a pest, which can be discretely and easily placed, serviced and removed from the proximity of areas where pests, including rodents and insects, are likely to frequent, including the area near the floor-wall juncture (54) behind shelving (44) and/or products (52) or equipment. The pest control device (10) has a pest suppression device (18) having an ingress for the pest and an elongate arm (20) having a proximate end (24) and a distal end (26), the proximate end (24) of the elongate arm (20) connected to the pest suppression device (20) communicating with the ingress and facilitating a pathway for the pest from the distal end (26) of the elongate arm (20) to the ingress. The pest suppression device (10) may be mounted on a platform (12 or 14) and the elongate arm (20) mounted instead to the platform (12 or 14).

Abstract: A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals.

Abstract: A rodent removal device for directing a rodent away from a dwelling includes an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end. The first end is open. An opening extends into the tubular member. A cover is positionable over the opening. The cover has an inner surface having a coupling member attached thereto. A scented material may be releasably attached to the coupling member. A plurality of conduits is fluidly coupled to and extends outwardly from the tubular member. Each of the conduits has an open free end. A plurality of door assemblies selectively opens or closes the conduits. Each of the assemblies is mounted in one of the conduits. The tubular member may be positioned along an upper edge of a wall of the dwelling. A rodent may enter one of the conduits and may exit only through the first end of the tubular member.

Abstract: An animal trap designed to restrain a raccoon. The trap has a spring trigger on which the bait is placed and a double swivel anchor chain to hold the trap. A movable restraint bar actuated by the release of the trigger and an internal fixed grip bar hold the paw of the raccoon inside the housing.

Abstract: A pest control device (10), and a method of suppressing a pest, which can be discretely and easily placed, serviced and removed from the proximity of areas where pests, including rodents and insects, are likely to frequent, including the area near the floor-wall juncture (54) behind shelving (44) and/or products (52) or equipment. The pest control device (10) has a pest suppression device (18) having an ingress for the pest and an elongate arm (20′) with an overhanging structure (56) having a proximate end (24) and a distal end (26), the proximate end (24) of the elongate arm (20′) connected to the pest suppression device (20′) communicating with the ingress and facilitating a pathway for the pest from the distal end (26) of the elongate arm (20′) to the ingress. The pest suppression device (10) may be mounted on a platform (12 or 14) and the elongate arm (20′) mounted instead to the platform (12 or 14).

Abstract: A pest control device (10), and a method of suppressing a pest, which can be discretely and easily placed, serviced and removed from the proximity of areas where pests, including rodents and insects, are likely to frequent, including the area near the floor-wall juncture (54) behind shelving (44) and/or products (52) or equipment. The pest control device (10) has a pest suppression device (18) having an ingress for the pest and an elongate arm (20) having a proximate end (24) and a distal end (26), the proximate end (24) of the elongate arm (20) connected to the pest suppression device (20) communicating with the ingress and facilitating a pathway for the pest from the distal end (26) of the elongate arm (20) to the ingress. The pest suppression device (10) may be mounted on a platform (12 or 14) and the elongate arm (20) mounted instead to the platform (12 or 14).

Abstract: A mouse trap includes: a main body including a top plate and right and left side plates, of resilient material and suspended downwardly from opposite ends of the top plate, to be oppositely closed by their own resiliency, for holding and capturing a mouse therebetween; a bottom plate pivoted at one end to the lower end of one of the side plates; a stopper having a pair of engagement projections fixed to the other end of the bottom plate at its upper surface; an engagement releasing lever pivoted to both projections and having one end rising slantwise inside the main body and another end disposed under the lower end of the other side plate; a bait placing member pivoted to and erected at one end of the engagement releasing lever and freely inclined onto one side; and an adhesive sheet detachably stretched over the inner surface of the main body.

Abstract: A door lock mechanism for an animal trap, an animal trap, and a method of capturing animals, typically, rodents and small animals. The door locking mechanism, trap and method employ a gravity-driven door and lock used for a door having a ledge and two bars that are pivotally mounted above the door. When activated by a release mechanism, the door and bars pivotally deflect whereby the bars engage the ledge on the closed door and prevent the door from being opened. The door lock mechanism may be used on any size and shape trap, but one typical trap for which the mechanism can be used is disclosed. A trap entrance arrangement having a conduit for leading animals to the entrance of a trap, that can be used with or without the disclosed door lock mechanism, is also provided.

Abstract: Pest controlling device that exposes pests to poison, where the poison is inaccessible to children and pets. To attain this, a poisonous material is placed within an interior of the device and a path from the devices entrance to the interior is substantially impassable by pets. In an embodiment, the device is configured in such a way as to form a maze from the entrance to an interior of the device. In an embodiment, the device is a member, such as a rectangular box, having staggered top and bottom end walls thus providing an obstacle and maze.

Abstract: A plastic upper jaw is pivotably mounted by a steel pin to a plastic base. A spring urges the jaw to close upon the base. A trigger is pivotably mounted to the base. A catch restrains the upper jaw in a set position until the trigger is actuated. The base has two upwardly extending side walls. Each side wall has a cable opening adjacent the floor of the base. A cable tie is looped around a pipe or support member and extends through the opposed openings in the opposite side walls. The ends of the tie are connected to secure the rodent trap to the support member. Because the upper jaw provides a wide gripping area, allowing the trap to be safely set, the trap is readily moved into the set position while it is secured to the support member, even if in an overhead position.

Abstract: Presented is a humane wild animal trap device that includes a trigger mechanism having four easily assemblable elements for supporting the bait, a bottom flat sheet on which the trigger mechanism is supported when set and baited, and an enclosure the open side of which is superimposed on the flat bottom sheet and which enclosure is tilted upwardly from one end so that the elevated end rests on a selected one of the four elements included in the trigger mechanism and which element is released from a second element that supports the bait when a wild animal takes the bait, thus causing the elevated enclosure to fall onto the flat bottom sheet to trap the wild animal within the enclosure.

Abstract: A live animal trap includes only two basic parts, an elongate hollow tube and a pivot support stand on which the tube is pivotally mounted. The tube has a first, closed end for holding bait and a second, open end. The tube is pivotally mounted on the stand for rotation about a horizontal pivot axis transverse to the tube axis. The pivot axis is located closer to the first end of the tube than the second end. When the stand is placed on a support surface, the longer end of the tube will be slightly heavier, so that the second end of the tube will pivot downwardly into a set position in which the tube is inclined upwardly with the second end contacting the support surface. An animal can enter the open second end of the tube and move towards the bait. When the animal passes the pivot axis, the first end of the tube becomes heavier and pivots downwardly, moving the second end upwardly, until the tube reaches a vertical, actuated position with the animal trapped in the first, bottom end of the tube.

Abstract: An arrangement for displaying the state of a plurality of animal traps is disclosed. Each trap senses the position of a movable trapping portion such as a trap door or jaw and rf transmits the state of the movable portion. A display unit receives the rf transmissions from the traps and identifies and displays the then current state of each trap. The rf signals may be periodically sent from the traps and/or they may be sent in response to a change in state of the movable portion.

Abstract: A method and a device for automatically detecting and signaling the presence of prey caught in a trap. The trap has inlet ports equipped with a one-way inlet mechanism such that once a rodent has passed a central point the rodent is contained within the trap. After the rodent has passed the central point, the trap is reset to the start position in order to attract additional prey. The trap is provided with a device for signaling the presence of vermin in the trap. The mechanism may be operable via a push button operated by movement of the vermin. Alternatively, means for detecting the rodent may include the use of vertical or horizontally elongated elements that are actuated by the movement of the vermin. A further embodiment includes a photocell, or a sensor, to indicate the presence of rodents. The mechanism for signaling may include lights or sound devices that can be secured to the trap or remotely activated via wired or wireless means.

Abstract: An apparatus for deterring flying animals and method for making the same. The apparatus is made from a planar base plate in which one or more tangs are formed. A wire is removably attached to at least one of the tangs, the wire having a first portion that has a component that is not planar with the base plate and a second portion that can be captured by the tang. The first and second portions of the wire are attached at one end of the second portion. The wire can also have a third portion, also attached to the second portion, at the other end of the second portion. The tangs in the base plate can be linear, zigzag, or have any other configuration. If the tangs have a zigzag configuration, the base plate is preferably sinuous. The third portion of the wire can have three subportions, although the third portion is coplanar. The three subportions are at angles to one another.

Abstract: An improved animal trap apparatus for capturing prey without injuring same, comprised of an upper enclosure means of light weight and flexible netting or mesh material supported by poles or rods arranged in a self-supporting manner.

Abstract: An electronic pest monitoring system includes an electronic pest monitoring device which may be used in combination with or separate from a bait box. The electronic pest monitoring device is adapted to be removably attached to a bait box. The electronic pest monitoring device includes a pest detector, such as a passive IR detector, which provides a pest detection signal in response to the presence of a pest. A processor coupled to the pest detector includes a real-time clock, and stores in memory a time and date of occurrence of the pest detection signal and a duration of the presence of the pest. Such pest detection event information may be transmitted from the electronic pest monitoring device over a wireless communications channel, such as an IR communications channel, to a hand-held computer unit for display and analysis.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals.

Abstract: An improved animal trap apparatus for capturing prey without injuring same, comprised of an upper enclosure means of light weight and flexible netting or mesh material supported by poles or rods arranged in a self-supporting manner.

Abstract: An injection molded plastic body has a lid joined by a living hinge. A rodent passageway extends within the body between two aligned holes. The hinge is perpendicular to the passageway, allowing the lid to be opened when the body is fixed adjacent a building wall. The interior of the body is divided by a raised wall which is broken into two segments by an opening to a blind passageway extending perpendicular to the passageway. Two rodent feeding areas are positioned adjacent the blind passageway. Bait blocks are positioned within each feeding area on protrusions which are received within axially extending central holes. The blocks are clamped between underlying rings and cooperating structure depending downwardly from the lid. Instead of bait, a mechanical trap maybe positioned on two of three protrusions aligned along the blind passageway. The mechanical trap inter-fits with the protrusions to positively position the mechanical trap.

Abstract: A pest trap has a cover which engages with a base in two alternative positions. The cover has rodent access openings on opposed side walls which, in a first position, align with openings of similar dimensions in the opposed side walls of the base; and in a second position, when the cover is rotated 180°, align with solid portions of the base side walls to block the rodent access openings. A glue board within the base allows it to be used for trapping rodents and insects, or insects alone. The cover has tabs which pivot in base tab holes, and prongs which engage with base ledges to secure the cover to the base. The cover may have interior board restraint fingers which help to retain the glue board in a flat condition. A rod may support a bait block over a tray in place of the glue board.

Abstract: A device for preventing rats from climbing, characterized in that the device made of deformable plate (1), such as metal plate, comprises a plurality of adjacently arranged deformable plates (3) and a fixing part (2) for fixing the plurality of deformable plates to a pipe/rod (10) or other desired body which climbing rats is to be prevented. Each of the deformable plates has sharp teeth and/or protrusions at its edges and has an end connected to the fixing part. It is possible for the user to deform and extend the deformable plates in various directions by using tools, so as to form sharp construction around the contour of the pipe/rod (10), thereby preventing rats from climbing. Moreover, the fixing part is provided with a punched structure, through which fixing members such as screw, rope and steel sheet can penetrate for fixing the device or for connecting the device to other device.

Abstract: A live animal trap for capturing and restraining a small animal comprises a rectangular mesh cage having an open front sized to admit an animal to be trapped, and a trap door hingedly affixed to the cage and movable between raised and lowered positions, respectively, permitting entry to and preventing escape from the cage. Embodiments are disclosed of gravity and/or spring assisted latching and tripping structures for releasably securing the trap door in the open position and responsive to an animal seeking to get to bait in the back of the cage. In one, a spring assisted brace member is hingedly affixed to and drives the lower end of the trap door into the closed position. In another, a multipurpose guide collar locks and drives the trap door in and for movement between the raised and lowered positions, and assists in animal release and in resetting of the trap.

Abstract: A carpenter bee trap comprises a housing having a hollow interior and at least one solid wall having a hole formed therein to permit carpenter bees to enter the hollow interior of the housing, the hole having about the same size as holes normally made by carpenter bees so that the hole tends to attract such bees. The preferred hole size is in the range from about {fraction (5/16)} inch to about ½ inch. The exterior surface of the solid wall around the hole preferably has a light color, and the walls of housing are preferably opaque so that the hole appears dark from outside the housing. The interior surface of the solid wall forming the interior edge of the hole is preferably substantially flat. The trap may be made of a single piece of molded plastic with molded hinges connecting selected pairs of adjacent walls, and including integral latching means for releasably latching selected pairs of adjacent walls.

Abstract: Presented is a humane wild animal trap device that includes a trigger mechanism having four easily assemblable elements for supporting the bait, a bottom flat sheet on which the trigger mechanism is supported when set and baited, and an enclosure the open side of which is superimposed on the flat bottom sheet and which enclosure is tilted upwardly from one end so that the elevated end rests on a selected one of the four elements included in the trigger mechanism and which element is released from a second element that supports the bait when a wild animal takes the bait, thus causing the elevated enclosure to fall onto the flat bottom sheet to trap the wild animal within the enclosure.

Abstract: The invention describes a vermin trap 1 which comprises a length of wire which is bent to form a base 2, a neck 7 and a sharp, barbed point 4. A number of the traps 1 are embedded into a solid support 16 thereby forming an array 14. A number of these arrays 14 are inserted underneath a cover section to form a tunnel trap 18.

Abstract: A mice-catching cage including a plurality of compartments, which are disposed at various levels and are provided with a one-way guide path which is in turn provided with an entrance pathway. The entrance pathway is provided in the bottom with a support plate on which an inclined door plate is supported. The inclined door plate is provided in an underside with a weight attached thereto for tilting the inclined door plate. The entrance pathway is provided in the top wall with a stop plate for forming a one-way path along with the inclined door plate upon entrapment of a mouse.

Abstract: A pest control article is provided which includes a pest control device such as a poisoned bait or trap and a decorative housing. The housing includes a decorative unit and a pedestal supporting the decorative unit. A compartment within the pedestal is provisioned with the poisoned bait or trap allowing the pest control device to be out of public view. Rodents or insects enter the compartment through one or more apertures within the pedestal so as to access a trap or poisoned bait.

Abstract: A combined mouse and insect trap is formed from a container having side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall forming an enclosed compartment. A glue board is placed within the compartment and is capable of gripping and holding a mouse or an insect whenever a mouse or insect contact it. One or more mouse holes are provided in the side walls to permit mice to enter the compartment. Also one or more insect holes are provided in the side walls. The insect holes are too small to permit a mouse to enter, but are small enough to permit insects to enter the compartment.

Abstract: A housing includes a closed bottom, closed sides, an open receiving end and a closed rear end. The housing is adapted to receive a platform of a conventional mouse trap therein. A cocking handle includes a pair of handle arms attached to pivotal connections on the sides, and terminating at a cross-bar. A pair of bow urging arms are also attached to the pivotal connections. The bow urging arms have tabs at the distal ends thereof, which are adapted to be positioned beneath a bow of the mouse trap when the platform is slid into the housing of the cocking device. A safety latch is pivotally connected to the housing above the receiving end. By rotating the cocking handle, the bow urging arms urge the bow to a cocked position. The catch member is then pivoted inward to maintain the bow in the cocked position until the locking arm of the mouse trap is engaged in the bait pedal of the mouse trap.

Abstract: A safety trap setting device for use in conjunction with a snap type trap having a selectively activated member. The safety trap setting device has a structure configured to accept at least a portion of the snap type trap therein and a mechanism for preventing the selectively activated member from becoming fully activated when at least a portion of the snap type trap is within the structure of the snap type trap.

Abstract: A cage for trapping an animal having a timing system for indicating the time that the animal was trapped in an enclosure. The cage is defined by a housing having an opening therein with a door which is opened to allow an animal to enter the housing. A closure arrangement responds to the animal passing through the opening for closing the door to trap the animal in the housing. A clock, having a second hand, minute hand, hour hand and an indicator hand that move with respect to a dial face, is secured to the housing. A lever responsive to the closure of the door activates a switch to stop the clock and provide an indication of the time that the door was closed by the location of the hour hand and indicator hand. If the indicator hand is located on the left hand side of the hour hand an animal was trapped within the first twelve hours after the trap was set and if the indicator hand is on the right hand side of the hour hand the animal was trapped more than twelve hours after the trap was set.

Abstract: Rodents are entrapped in hot melt adhesive which is disposed on a thermoformed thermoplastic base sheet which has a series of closely spaced ridges defining a rodent runway extending the length of the base sheet. The ridges create a series of depressed valleys which receive the adhesive and engage the quantity of adhesive with the base sheet to mechanically retain the adhesive against shifting off the base sheet. A substantially unobstructed expanse of adhesive without exposed ridges is presented on the runway for encounter by a rodent. Two stiffening ribs extend upwardly from the base sheet on either side of the runway to rigidify the base sheet. Multiple protrusions extend adjacent to each stiffening rib exterior to the runway. The protrusions are engaged on top and bottom by parallel projections of rack members within a papers or corrugated container such that multiple glue boards may be stored and dispensed.

Abstract: A rodent trap comprised of two members movable relative to one another such that the enclosure has an open position for permitting access into the interior of the enclosure by a rodent and a closed position for retaining the rodent. The relative movement is imposed by a biasing device, selectively positionable for rendering the trap operable in a rodent suffocating mode for killing an entrapped rodent or in a non-suffocating mode for releasing the entrapped rodent. Movement is activated by a biased triggering device which detects the pressure of the rodent. The rodent traps include locking members permitting two or more traps to be selectively and removably engageable with each other in a side-to-side configuration, a back-to-back configuration, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A snake trap is disclosed in which a trigger activated door (4) closes in response to a horizontal force being applied to the trigger (7) which is pushed against by the snake as it moves within the trap.

Abstract: A device fixed to the ground, bait stations such as bait boxes for rats. Such bait boxes which are secured against undesired opening are anchored flush to the ground in such a manner that the unauthorized moving of the bait box is practically excluded. For this purpose at least one movable wedge-like ground-anchor, connected to a tension element is driven into the ground. The opposite end of the tension element is led through an assigned opening at the bottom of the bait box into the bait box. From the interior of the bait box, an authorized person can pull the tension element to move the ground-anchor into an anchoring position and hold the bait box flush with its bottom to the ground, whereby the anchoring of the bait box can be removed only after its authorized re-opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a bird catching apparatus for deploying a catching net rapidly and surely, thereby catching birds surely. Each end of one side edge of the catching net is respectively connected to a pair of deploying arms of each deploying device via a pole member. Each deploying arm is pulled by a pair of extension springs of a deploying unit, and are locked by a locking unit. At the same time, the deploying arms are pulled upward by an auxiliary arm of an auxiliary urging unit. When the deploying arms locked by the locking unit are released, the deploying arms are surely rotated upward, thereby rotating along a vertical surface for over 180.degree.. The catching net is thus deployed.

Abstract: A tray has sidewalls which extend upwardly from a base sheet. Rodent entrapping adhesive is disposed between the sidewalls on the base sheet. An aggressive mechanical surface, for example in the form of a plurality of closely spaced protruding ridges, are formed to extend upwardly from the base sheet. The adhesive is retained mechanically on the aggressive mechanical surface. A region of the base sheet in the middle of the tray between two regions of aggressive mechanical surface may be left free of ridges to define a reservoir of glue to aid in the rodent entrapping performance of the tray and adhesive assembly.

Abstract: A crab trap having a tapered body member of either circular or elliptical cross section, the crab trap having a first ingress end and a second egress end, the first ingress end having a cover removably secured thereto having a passageway for permitting entrance into the crab trap of crabs, but preventing the egress of crabs from the crab trap through the front cover, the egress end of the crab trap being open and dimensioned so as to permit undersized crabs to exit the crab trap under their own mobility or to be flushed from the crab trap when the crab trap is retrieved. The crab trap also has both a buoyancy member and a stability member to insure that the crab trap orients itself correctly on the ocean bed or bay bed, whether or not it is dropped or tossed into the water.

Abstract: A combined mouse and insect trap is formed from a container having side walls, a bottom wall, and a top wall forming an enclosed compartment. A glue board is placed within the compartment and is capable of gripping and holding a mouse or an insect whenever a mouse or insect contact it. One or more mouse holes are provided in the side walls to permit mice to enter the compartment. Also one or more insect holes are provided in the side walls. The insect holes are too small to permit a mouse to enter, but are small enough to permit insects to enter the compartment.

Abstract: A cockroach trap includes floor molding that is hollowed out in back to provide a passage running the length of the molding. Slits along the bottom of the molding allow a cockroach to enter the passage where it steps onto a touch-sensitive switch. The switch causes a control to momentarily energize a vacuum that sucks the cockroach from the passage and deposit it into a chamber where it can be destroyed or stored alive.

Abstract: A replica of an owl for use in a garden for deterring pests, the replica having a first body portion corresponding generally in shape to the body of a live owl and a second body portion corresponding generally in shape to the head of a live owl, the second body portion being rotatably mounted adjacent an upper portion of the first body portion for rotational movement relative to the first body portion.

Abstract: A cage-like animal trap has a door mechanism at a front end of the trap which closes on an animal inside of the trap when the animal steps on an internal trip pan while going for bait positioned at the rear of the trap. The door mechanism has a main body panel pivoted to the roof of the trap and a reactor plate pivotally connected to the bottom edge of the body panel and urged away from the body panel by a spring. In the open position, the body panel and reactor plate are squeezed together and lie flat against the roof of the trap held in place by a hook-like trigger in the roof. When the trigger is released by an animal stepping on the trip pan, the body panel of the door is lowered by gravity and the reactor plate springs away from the body panel with its top edge sliding outwardly along the inside of the roof until it engages a stop at the front of the roof.

Abstract: A biodegradable snake trap 10 suitable for deployment from an aircraft is disclosed, comprising a hook 12 with line 14 attached, embedded in an egg 16. The egg 16 is encased in a frozen fluid 20 and disposed within container 18, to protect the egg 16. The snake trap 10 is dropped from an aircraft flying over the area in which the trap is to be deployed. A grapple 24 hooks onto tree limbs to prevent the snake trap from falling to the ground, and descent restrictor 26 slows the rate of descent of the trap. When the frozen fluid 20 melts, the container 18 falls away and exposes the egg 16, attracting snakes. When a snake swallows and crushes the egg 16, the hook 12 lodges in the snake's vital organs and kills the snake.

Abstract: A tension scale device particularly suitable for measuring pan tension on a leghold trap. The device comprises a housing with a slot and an open front end, a compression member preferably a spring in the housing, and a movable member having a rear portion that telescopes in the housing and a front portion that extends beyond the front end of the housing. The spring is compressed by moving the movable member into the housing. A scale is provided on the movable member together with a slidable indicator. When the front end of the movable member is pressed onto a trap pan or like tension member being measured, the scale indicates the amount of weight or tension being applied to a tension device.

Abstract: This invention relates to an adhesive type rodent trap that is disposable and has an opaque housing with a window, preventing unintended view of the trapped rodent but allowing quick intended viewing for checking if the trap is occupied. The trap further includes an entrance and a handle for closing the entrance to the trap and carrying the trap.

Abstract: A portable, collapsible chamber for asphyxiating trapped animals is described. The chamber is used in its canopy configuration and is transported and stored in its collapsed or folded configuration. When deployed in its canopy configuration, the chamber is placed over a trap that contains an animal in captivity. The animal is subjected to a lethal or immobilizing gas which is supplied to the chamber. The chamber includes front, back and end panels, each of which is hinged to an edge of a top panel. The panels are configured so that there gaps which function as gas vents between the end panels and the front and back panels. The front panel contains a gas inlet opening. The chamber optionally includes carrying handles, magnetic strips to help secure the chamber in its collapsed configuration and heat sensitive tape to sense the temperature of the chamber when gas is supplied to it.