Capturing Deer Safely With Minimal Trauma Using New Apparatus

A portable device that allows researchers to humanely trap deer and other wildlife as part of field studies to control ticks and other parasites has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.

The apparatus, developed by ARS entomologist Mat Pound in Kerrville, Texas, effectively restrains wildlife with minimal trauma to the animal. It will permit wildlife biologists and other researchers to quickly capture and handle deer, other wild exotic animals and small livestock such as sheep and goats with minimal stress to the animal.

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Tagged as: Agricultural Research Service, Animal Traps, Animals, Deer, Exotic Animals, Goats, Humane Traps, Livestock, Mat Pound, Parasites, Sheep, Texas, Ticks, Traps, Wildlife, Wildlife Biologists

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