Assessment of the Kania trap to humanely kill red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) in enclosures.
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 < or = 65 sec and < or = 91 sec, respectively, after firing the trap. Thus the Kania can be expected to render > or = 70% of captured red squirrels irreversibly unconscious in < or = 3 min (P < 0.05).
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Department of Forestry, Alberta Research Council, Edmonton, Canada.
Kolenosky
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Cole
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