How to Use live trap in a Sentence
live trap
noun-
There's one thing the village could use, though, and that's live traps.
— Shady Grove Oliver, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020 -
Now, the world is waiting to find out if the raccoon found the live trap at the top of the building.
— Ashley May, USA TODAY, 13 June 2018 -
Once, the rat was caught in a live trap but somehow escaped.
— Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 2 July 2019 -
Foster said a live trap was found by the river at one point.
— Ian James, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2021 -
The live trap caught the lizard without hurting her, police said.
— Hannah Leone, Aurora Beacon-News, 31 Aug. 2017 -
Cuny says there more problems with live trapping a wild animal.
— Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2018 -
Feral and stray cats are attracted to feeding stations, captured in live traps, neutered and vaccinated, and returned to the capture site.
— Author: Rick Sinnott, Alaska Dispatch News, 21 June 2017 -
Animal control workers did set live traps on the tower's roof, believing that would be the safest option for capture, MPR reports.
— Ashley May, USA TODAY, 13 June 2018 -
Breaking out a window or sending down window cleaners would have been too risky, Ms. Donnelly-Coyne said, so officials baited live traps with cat food and placed them on the roof.
— Matthew Haag, New York Times, 13 June 2018 -
The group also frequently uses social media tools, plus cameras and humane live traps, to track and rescue skittish animals that resist capture.
— Lynn Horsley, kansascity, 6 Mar. 2018 -
While it is generally recommended that animals should not be trapped in devices that capture them alive, in some situations live trapping may be more successful.
— Michael Harrelson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Apr. 2018
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