Abstract: A safe animal trap including a bait chamber for carrying bait to attract the animal to be trapped; a hole in the bait chamber sized to admit the animal to be trapped; an access member having an elongated passage for communicating with the hole, the passage proportioned to restrict entry into the chamber, the passage being sufficiently wide to permit movement therethrough of the animal and being at least as long as it is wide; and means for engaging the access member with the bait chamber.