A motor mounted on the ceiling of an attic room or the like drives an assembly or a disc suspended therefrom in slow rotation about a vertical axis and one or more short length lines fixed to the periphery of the assembly or disc carries at their outboard ends, artificial fishing flies to simulate insects. Slow rotation of the assembly or disc simulates insect flight preferably illuminated by a low intensity lamp and causes the bat to grab a fly, and become hooked thereby.
A device and method are disclosed for use in eliminating bats from the interior of a structure. The device includes a housing having a tubular entry passage and a prism shaped exit chamber. The entry passage is mountable to a structure so as to substantially cover an opening through which bats are accessing the interior of the structure and to allow entrance to the exit chamber. The exit chamber includes a perforated door secured thereto for outward swingable movement. The door will open upon pressure from within but not without the housing.
A biodegradable snake trap 10 suitable for deployment from an aircraft is disclosed, comprising a hook 12 with line 14 attached, embedded in an egg 16. The egg 16 is encased in a frozen fluid 20 and disposed within container 18, to protect the egg 16. The snake trap 10 is dropped from an aircraft flying over the area in which the trap is to be deployed. A grapple 24 hooks onto tree limbs to prevent the snake trap from falling to the ground, and descent restrictor 26 slows the rate of descent of the trap. When the frozen fluid 20 melts, the container 18 falls away and exposes the egg 16, attracting snakes. When a snake swallows and crushes the egg 16, the hook 12 lodges in the snake's vital organs and kills the snake.
A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals.
A bat elimination and containment device is provided which facilitates the capture and controlled release of bats from a structure. The main components of the device include a containment housing which is connected to an opening to the interior of a structure by a corrugated entry passage. A movable door seals an exit way of the housing, which encloses a roosting means for bats captured within the housing. Bats follow air currents from the structure through the corrugated entry passage and into the housing, from which they are unable to easily escape. Once so contained, they roost within the housing until they are controllably released via the opening of the door sealing the exit way of the housing.
A method is disclosed for luring attack-prone, rabies-infected mammals (e.g., carnivores, bats) into restraint and/or euthanasia but not luring normal, uninfected animals.
