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What are some humane ways to kill a raccoon in a cage?



There are different methods to deal with raccoons that have got into your home. Some people don't want to relocate a raccoon but instead choose to kill it. If you are one of these people, make sure to kill a raccoon in the most humane way, swiftly and efficiently, making sure that the animal will not suffer. There are numerous different models of poisons and traps people use to capture and kill raccoons that have got into their home. Some people don't think of the animal suffering and choose to poison a raccoon, thinking that this is a safe way to get a raccoon dead. However, there are several other methods that will also get a raccoon killed without causing it the pain and misery that poisoning involves.

Snap traps are a swift and efficient method to kill a raccoon, if designed properly and used properly. These traps are made of solid metal and work on a spring that after released will snap, usually over a raccoon's neck, and kill the animal swiftly and efficiently. There is a risk with poor models that the spring will release itself slower than it should and the raccoon will try to escape, getting a leg or torso under a trap. To make sure that the trap will do its deed, without causing pain and suffering to a raccoon, check it often.

Live traps with bait will capture a raccoon live and enable you to kill it afterwards (with a gun or something else). These traps are humane in that there is no suffering for an animal, especially if you check it often; making sure that the animal isn't captured longer than necessary. When you capture a raccoon in this trap, you can also take it to a vet to put it down with an injection, swiftly and humanely. Wildlife means the undomesticated animals species and they are the animals that grow or live in the wild in the area where they were not introduced by the humans. The wildlife may be found in each ecosystem like the grasslands, plains, rain forest, forest and deserts. Even if the popular term should stand for the wild that has not been touched by the human factors but in most cases, the wildlife has been affected by the human activities. These options are humane ones. Don't turn to measures such as glue traps or poison. These will cause unnecessary suffering and pain of an animal; there is also a risk of someone else finding a poison and eating it – a child or a pet – and this could cause tragic consequences.

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