Re:New Zealand’s War on Rats (2017)
by toomanybeersies on Sunday April 22, 2018 @09:16PM
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Killing your neighbour's cat would also help preserving out native birdlife. Wouldn't be great for preserving your relationship with your neighbour though.
And as a result it’s all about killing them. While poison works, there are some places you can’t use it and it’s preferable not to if avoidable. While vastly harder there are some excellent traps available. The standard has been the DOC 200, which avoids killing the good guys but gets the bad guys in a relatively humane manner (at the end of the day, you’re killing it).
http://www.doc.govt.nz/documents/conservation/threats-and-im...
Some of the new devices are vastly more efficient and don’t have to be reset nearly as often. Like this gas powered one. https://www.goodnature.co.nz
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/313828/self-resettin...
Take the pricing with a big pinch of salt - the A24 is more like $200, and the DOC 200/Victor costs about $100 for Joe average as the cited price excludes the box. Don’t go making your own box without thinking carefully, as the dimensions need to be correct unless you want to kill your neighbours cat.