Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thesis Questionnaire: Live-Trap Redesign

2008-09-17 Thread Martin Meiss
Hi, Justin, Here's some experience I've had with live-trapping to keep pests out of my garden. My major problem-animals are squirrels and groundhogs, and trapping them is quite different. Squirrels check out a trap because of curiosity (they investigate any novel object or disturbed

[ECOLOG-L] Thesis Questionnaire: Live-Trap Redesign - response

2008-09-17 Thread Geoffrey Patton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thesis Questionnaire: Live-Trap Redesign To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 10:41 AM Hi, Justin, Here's some experience I've had with live-trapping to keep pests out of my garden. My major problem-animals are squirrels

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Thesis Questionnaire: Live-Trap Redesign

2008-09-17 Thread Jamie Kass
While doing research on mongooses in Madagascar, I ran into the constant problem of finding particularly masochistic birds locked in my traps, their faces mangled from smashing their heads into the metal bars in a bird-like effort to escape. Not every animal is blessed with a mammal's common

[ECOLOG-L] Thesis Questionnaire: Live-Trap Redesign

2008-09-16 Thread Justin Cumming
Hello, My name is Justin Cumming, I am an Industrial Design Student at the Cleveland Institute of Art. I am looking for insight on my senior thesis project. It is focused on the design and development of a new Live-Trap for medium sized animals (Skunks, Raccoons, Feral cats, exc.) Project