A scientist, Mr Bruce Warburton (left), explains to the Opposition members of Parliament for Wallace, Mr Derek Angus (centre), and the Bay of Islands, Mr John Carter, how a more humane version of the gin-trap works. men were in Christchurch yester-
day on a fact-finding mission. They visited the Forest Research Institute, on the University of Canterbury campus. The American-designed “Victor-soft-catch” they saw snares the legs of foxes and coyotes. In New Zealand it is used to trap
Instead of jagged iron teeth the trap has jaws of rubber, which hold the animal until the hunter arrives. It is more humane than gin-traps as the rubber usually does not cut flesh. The institute is researching humane ways of destroying New Zealand pests. „ 1
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