Abstract: Trapping apparatus including a cage portion, a door portion, a door actuating portion and a door locking portion; the cage portion having a generally box shaped configuration with bottom, top, sidewall, and end sections and an end opening; the door portion being pivotally connected to the cage portion along an edge of the cage opening; the door actuating portion including a trigger section disposed within the cage portion and being pivotally connected between the sidewall sections of the cage portion along a line remote from the door portion, connecting mechanism extending from the trigger section to a point adjacent the cage opening, the connecting mechanism including a connector section extending upwardly from the trigger section to a rotatable rod member pivotally connected thereto that extends along the top section to a point adjacent the cage opening, a finger section extending from the free end of the rod member adjacent the cage opening, a finger engaging section extending substantially perpendicuarly