Risks of Trapping What are the risks of trapping any animal?
Humane traps are designed to confine and NOT to kill or injure.
The risks involved, therefore, are secondary to the trap itself
primarily psychological pain and exposure to environmental
hazards. The psychological risks are the following: Most
animals, particularly wild animals, will be very frightened at
the prospect of being so enclosed. Please be prudent as to how
and where you trap, so that the fewest number of animals are
stressed. Make an effort to find the quietest traps that you
can. Theoretically, any animal could literally die of fright
though it is uncommon and I personally have never seen this.
Susan Greene of central New York State shared, "Red squirrels
will sometimes nerve themselves to death. Wildlife control
trappers sometimes find dead squirrels in traps even when the
trap has been in a quiet, cool attic overnight. I am not aware
of other instances of other species of animals dying of fright,
personally." On the other hand, there a