About Mole Traps
Industrially manufactured mole traps form the physical backbone of modern mole catching practice, the availability of mole traps that are of good design and manufacture being fundamental to the pursuance of good practice.
Any mole trap that is deployed to kill on capture, i.e. with the purpose of delivering predictably and efficiently a fatal action, should be capable of performing reliably and consistently.
All modern mole 'kill' traps in common use are mechanical spring traps that rely on delivering effectively the stored energy released by a spring under tension to catch the mole. Any spring powered mole 'kill' trap should therefore have the capacity to deliver predictably an impact force capable of delivering appropriately a fatal injury.
Mole Traps In Common Use In The UK
There are several well established styles of mole trap used in the UK, and within those styles several variations on a basic design.
Each of the basic designs described below operate in a different way, and each can offer advantages to professional mole catchers according to the type of land and work being undertaken.
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Other Types Of Mole Trap
The development of mechanical devices to facilitate effective mole control has for centuries attracted and exercised inventive minds, and that process continues today.
Whilst some of the innovative or less commonly seen mole traps can be regarded as effective 'kill' traps, often they appeal more to either the personal preferences and working styles of individual mole catchers, or to specific working conditions.
Although the range of less commonly used styles of mole trap is not described in detail here, APMC evaluates and accommodates innovative designs of mole trap via the Association's Approved Mole Trap Scheme, and identifies and promotes APMC Approved mole traps where vended by APMC Affiliated suppliers of mole traps.
APMC does not condone the the use of live capture devices for mole control.
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