Trapping

The human activity of animal trapping consists of hunting for animals to obtain their furs, which are then used for clothes and other artifacts, or sold / bartered (see fur trade). Trappers often but not exclusively use traps to catch their prey; hence the name of the activity and its practitioners. Hunters may also trap animals for food.

History

Animal trapping is perhaps one of the first methods of hunting. It requires less time and energy than most other methods, and can give a very good result, if not quite as fast. It us also comparably safer for the hunter.

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200,000 years ago, in the Lower Paleolithic period, traps were used by central european people to hunt mammuts.

Related Topics:
Lower Paleolithic - Mammuts

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In 1590, jaw traps started being used in England.

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1590 - Jaw trap

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The mouse trap, with a strong spring mounted on a wooden base, was patented in 1910 by James Henry Atkinson, a trap maker fron Leeds, England.

Related Topics:
Mouse trap - Spring - 1910

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Trapping was one of the main economical forces in the early days of North American settlements (such as the Canadian Fur Brigade).

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Even today many people rely on traps to remove smaller animals, such as mice.

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