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52/146
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This is an alarm gun. Alarm guns were used for disturbing poachers and alerting keepers to their presence. The museum holds very little information about its origins or place of use.
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1 alarm gun
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ALARM GUN<br>An alarm gun would have been used to notify landowners of poachers entering their land, possibly deterring the poachers from going further in the process. This may reflect the trend towards non-lethal anti-poaching measures from the later 19th century onwards. Although now illegal, similar improvised devices have been used in recent years.<br><br>MERL 52/146
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