The Bionic® trap equipped with a 10 cm aperture bait cone and cocked to eight notches quickly killed nine of nine fishers (Martes pennanti) in simulated natural conditions. Mean (±SE) estimated times to loss of consciousness and heartbeat were ≤55 sec and 305 (±8) sec, respectively, after firing the trap. This study confirmed that the Bionic® trap can be expected to render ≥70% of captured fishers irreversibly unconscious in ≤3 min (P < 0.05).
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1 April 1993
EVALUATION OF THE BIONIC® TRAP TO QUICKLY KILL FISHER (MARTES PENNANTI) IN SIMULATED NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS
Gilbert Proulx,
Morley W. Barrett
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Vol. 29 • No. 2
April 1993
Bionic® quick-kill trap
experimental study
fisher
humane trapping
Martes pennanti
mousetrap