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How to electronicly detect a pest trap has been triggered.
vk6zgo:
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--- Quote from: mrpackethead on September 20, 2017, 11:56:46 am ---The traps have been tested and approved to be humane. A stoat is dead before it knows what has happend. Its instant.
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Sounds like stoat is something you order when you go to a bar, "hey bartender, give me a tall cold stoat".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoat
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"What is the difference between a Stoat & a Weasel?"
"A Weasel is weasely distinguished, as a Stoat is stoatally different!" ;D
Tac Eht Xilef:
--- Quote from: oldway on September 20, 2017, 11:32:31 am ---Place a microphone to catch the cries of the animal when it has the paw broken by the trap ... :--
It's cruelty to animals ... Permitted in Australia? :scared:
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When set up properly, in the box with baffles & all, they're (a) pretty impervious to larger animals sticking a random paw in & getting it smooshed, and (b) fairly humane in that they're designed to kill animals of the target size instantly.
Here's a NZ DoC brochure showing the usual setup. (pdf)
--- Quote from: mrpackethead on September 20, 2017, 08:30:48 pm ---The problem i have with microswitches ( which would be the easiest way by a long time ) is that these traps are in ugly places, with mud, and rain. A peizo could be sealed up and attached to the side of the box.
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FWIW I've seen car interior light switches used on live cage traps to trigger a transmitter in cases where you don't want the animal to be trapped & vulnerable for too long (e.g. where there lots of predators, like dingoes, that can trash a small trap). They're pretty well sealed to start with, and a bit of silicone sealant or 'blackshit' (self amalgamating tape) works well enough on the terminals / connectors / entry holes. No problems in coastal Australian bush/forests/swamps, though admittedly it's probably drier than most NZ bushland.
zeqing:
firstly thought about a button used on the 3D printer... or IR detector to detect the trap location(trapped or not):
mrpackethead:
--- Quote from: Tac Eht Xilef on September 21, 2017, 01:58:19 am ---FWIW I've seen car interior light switches used on live cage traps to trigger a transmitter in cases where you don't want the animal to be trapped & vulnerable for too lon
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The animal is well dead almost instantly. the reason for the notification is so you can go and reset the trap, to catch the next one.
hendorog:
--- Quote from: oldway on September 20, 2017, 11:32:31 am ---Place a microphone to catch the cries of the animal when it has the paw broken by the trap ... :--
... Permitted in Australia?
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And that right there is an example of why we shoulda changed the flag....
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