ASSESSMENT OF THE KANIA® TRAP TO HUMANELY KILL RED SQUIRRELS (TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS) IN ENCLOSURES

Gilbert Proulx; Alfred J. Kolenosky; Pamela J. Cole

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-29.2.324

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1 April 1993 ASSESSMENT OF THE KANIA^® TRAP TO HUMANELY KILL RED SQUIRRELS (TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS) IN ENCLOSURES

Gilbert Proulx, Alfred J. Kolenosky, Pamela J. Cole

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 29(2):324-329 (1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.2.324

Abstract

The Kania^® trap equipped with side wings and baited with a pine cone quickly killed nine of nine red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in enclosures. Mean times to loss of consciousness and heartbeat were estimated at ≤65 sec and ≤91 sec, respectively, after firing the trap. Thus the Kania^® can be expected to render ≥70% of captured red squirrels irreversibly unconscious in ≤3 min (P < 0.05).

Proulx, Kolenosky, and Cole: ASSESSMENT OF THE KANIA® TRAP TO HUMANELY KILL RED SQUIRRELS (TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS) IN ENCLOSURES

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Gilbert Proulx, Alfred J. Kolenosky, and Pamela J. Cole "ASSESSMENT OF THE KANIA^® TRAP TO HUMANELY KILL RED SQUIRRELS (TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS) IN ENCLOSURES," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 29(2), 324-329, (1 April 1993). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-29.2.324

Received: 24 February 1992; Published: 1 April 1993

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