On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:11:13 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

Hum, so restraining an animal, presumably around the neck, tight
enough so that it can't escape until you happen to come along checking
your snares maybe 24hrs later is OK? It may also be attacked or
harried by a predator and not be able to escape. Oh and of course
it'll almost certainly try to escape for quite a while after being
caught, until it reaches the point of exhaustion. What about rain or
heavy dew, animal will can't keep warm and dies of hypothermia...

Seems to me a death by strangulation within minutes of getting snared
is far better.

It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's Prize
Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

It's a cat, tough. Why is a valuable cat being allowed to wander
freely?

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