Part of the Pest Trapping elective included Pouri (from the Department of Conservation) coming in to show us how traps worked including one type that we had an opportunity to make. This type of traps will eventually have a small computer attached that would tell the farmer that the trap have been fired and needed emptying as resetting. The students had an opportunity to label them as well with their symbols and words to 'scare off pests'!
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| Pouri showing us how to put the traps together. |
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| Step one of testing the trap section within the box. |
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| Step two: A very squashed pencil which represents what would happen to a pest. |
This week during electives, the group put together 17 traps designed to catch higher order predators of New Zealand animals, birds and insects. These devices are able to capture and then allow for the animals to be released, away from the site that they were found in.
Cats are the main predator that are caught in these traps.
It was great fun to put these together and know what they are going to be used for.
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