I bought a duke coil-spring trap to help catch predators if thy start eating my chickens, but I was wondering if it is humane to the animal of if a live trap is best. It is a large size.
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The above is the truth even when using old fashion foot hold traps. However the most humane as well as most effective raccoon trap is the Duke Trap Companies Dog Proof or DP trap. It almost eliminates by-catch. Using so called humane live traps is how predatory raccoons learn to eat your chickens through the wire while avoiding live traps. Live traps are a PhD program for coons on how to avoid live traps, steal the bait, and eat chickens through the wire while they are still alive.If you got the right sized trap there will be no injury to the coon as long as you check the trap in a timely manner and don't let it set in the trap a long time.
chickengeorgeto wrote: In my long experience a live trap is the cruelest trap there is. It often requires you to drown or gas the trapped animal causing it to go into panic mode. But then again those who advocate for educating raccoons don't usually have the best interest of the trapped animal at heart just some fuzzy logic PC goal in mind when they make such recommendations.