TWO TRAPS 



SELECTIVE HAWK TRAP 



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It has recently, and quite rightly, been made 

 illegal to use a pole-trap in any form for the capture of 

 hawks, owls, etc., whether the trap be fixed on a pole 

 or cairn of stones. 



This decision will meet with the approval of everyone 

 who is possessed of any sort of feeling for the terrible 

 agonies that the unfortunate trapped birds went through, 

 often hanging head downwards for hours, and sometimes 

 days, with a broken leg firmly secured in the iron 

 teeth of the gin. And, apart from the cruelty which this 

 sy^em of trapping mflicted on the real marauding culprits, 

 many perfedtly mnocent birds were caught which do 

 more good than harm to game-preservers and farmers. 



During the past shooting season the writer came across 

 two traps, one for catching hawks, and the other for 

 capturing jackdaws, rooks, and pheasants, alive, which 

 combined efficiency with a minimum of physical pain, and 

 as they may prove of mtere^ to game preservers, a short 

 description is given of them. 



The hawk trap is the invention of and has been, 

 patented by, Mr. Black, head keeper to M. Sibthorpe, 

 Esq., of Canwick Hall, Lincoln. By catching all its 

 victims without physical injury, it enables the keeper to 

 release harmless wnnged vermin such as kestrels, owls, etc. 



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