Havahart Animal Traps: Trapping Wildlife Without KillingThem

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What do you do when you have a critter problem? You don't want to kill them, but you just want them to go away. We had this problem a few years ago with some squirrels. We had just received a nice bird feeder as a gift, only to find it emptied the next day by some squirrels who strongarmed the plastic and broke into the bird feeder to steal the seed. We didn't want to kill the squirrels - they were just following their natural instincts. But we did want them to go away. What we could have used then was a Havahart Easy Set Small Animal Trap. A little squirrel relocation could have made the birds, and us, very happy. We like to watch the birds, but it was getting very hard to attract them with a perpetually empty feeder.

What about larger animals? A few months ago, a raccoon took up residence in an empty, wooded lot near our home. Any rustling in those woods scared my daughter and our neighbor half to death. They were afraid to be outside alone in case the raccoon came at them, and we parents were concerned too since raccoons are a well-known rabies carrier. Of particular concern was their dog, which certainly would have gone after the raccoon. Animal control here is pretty much non-existent, so we would have had to trap it ourselves (but he thankfully decided to relocate himself!) Good riddance too since I was getting tired of him raiding my garbage cans for a midnight snack. Having a Havahart Easy Set Large Animal Trap would have been ideal in our situation. It is a humane and safe solution to pesky animals that you don't want to kill, but just want to relocate somewhere better suited to them (and you).

These safe and human animal traps would be great for gardeners who have critters nibbling on their crops while they sleep at night.

Do you need some Animal Trapping Tips? Do you know what to bait a trap with? It varies from animal to animal. Havahart's easy to navigate website contains an informative section called Animal Trapping 101 to help you trap that critter that's into your trash or eating the greens out of your garden. If you have a midnight visitor, please consider a humane trap versus setting out poison that other animals could easily get into. I've seen first hand what rat poison can do to a cat. Our cat, Whiskers, nearly died because he found some poison that a previous owner had left in a hole in the wall under the sink.

Catch your critters with an animal trap and then set them free to roam in a space where it is legal to release them. Havahart does have an extra small trap - which could be particularly good for those of us averse to mice!