Trapping, and traps for, hard-to-catch or elusive cats

Drop Traps

* The drop trap described here was designed by Laura Burns of Boston.
Neighborhood Cats / Info / Drop Trap
a downloadable PDF file Drop Trap: Detailed Instructions

The Incredible Drop Trap by Laura Burns will be featured in the Exhibit Hall at the 2nd Annual National Feral Cat Summit 2005 in Philadelphia on October 15. [2005]

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Feral Cat Blog! update: http://www.droptrapdesign.blogspot.com/

Feral Cat Blog! update: Drop Trap Users Yahoo Group - started February 2006

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* Jennifer Conger, formerly of Alley Cat Allies, designed this drop trap and wrote up the instructions.
a downloadable PDF file DROP TRAP INSTRUCTIONS - Alley Cat Allies
Other articles from Alley Cat Allies on Trapping Feral Cats

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* Drop trap by David Gale
Hosted by Cat Coalition of Florida
Click on Trapping in the left menu bar.

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Super Trap (trap in a trap!)

Carol ‘s Super Trap
In Paws to Think Magazine, Spring 2005
(a publication of the Pet Savers Foundation)
a downloadable PDF file
Page 23 and 24 (Page 25 and 26 in Adobe)

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Hard to Catch Cats

Neighborhood Cats webpage
1. The Drop Trap
2. The Camoflauge Trap
3. Training the Cat
4. Trap-in-a-Box
From the inventive mind of Susan Greene comes the "trap-in-a-box" technique. For more on the method and Susan's work, go to: http://www.americancat.net/fastfood.html
5. Luring into a Closed Space
6. Little Things
7. Picking One Out from the Crowd

We don't recommend ever using a net or graspers to catch a feral cat.

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Feral Cat Blog! update:

Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
http://catinfo.org/

Drop Trap/Remote Control Trap
[excerpt]
December 26, 2006
This page will be an ongoing work-in-progress as I continue to modify a drop trap that I have designed. I will also be posting more information regarding a remote control (RC) trap that I have been using for the past several months.
April 22, 2007
I am currently building a Style 1 drop trap and am taking pictures as I go along. Please see this page for a step-by-step pictorial.

Building a Drop Trap