Why use foothold traps instead of cage traps for feral cats, foxes, and wild dogs?
A- Catching a feral animal in a cage trap is very difficult and on many occassions impossible. Cage traps are probably best used in urban areas for scavenging cats, foxes and dogs, or sometimes in rural areas for rabbits. True wild dogs, foxes and feral cats though will not enter the confines of a cage trap. Foothold traps in the hands of a skilled trapper have a very high trap success, and make the trapping of problem wild dogs, foxes, and feral cats possible. Unlike cage traps the animal is unaware that there is even a trap there, greatly reducing the chances of them shying away from the trap.
