Objektnummer
51/533
Beskrivning
This is a steel spring jawed rabbit trap. When the rabbit steps on the platform and depresses it, the clip is dislodged and the serrated jaws close. The trap was held in the ground by the chain and originally had a poker like device at the tip which acted as an anchor to prevent the rabbit dragging it away. Nothing is known about the origin of this trap, although it has the word ‘Dorset’ stamped on it.
Fysisk beskrivning
1 rabbit trap: metal (steel)
Arkivhistorik
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'The spring jawed rabbit trap is still in common use in many parts of the country. The trapper, an important person in the rural community, sets the traps in the well trodden tracks of the rabbit, covering it over with earth and grass. When the rabbit steps on the spring platform, it causes the steel jaws to close and catch the animal by its legs in the trap, holding it there until the trapper comes along on his daily round to kill it, by breaking its neck or knocking it on the back of its head with a thick stick. In recent years the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has made strong protests against the use of these traps and in some parts of the country they are giving place to more humane methods of catching. However, it is, in theory, illegal to set these traps anywhere except under cover, inside the rabbit burrows, so that there is no danger of domestic animals being caught. // The origin of this trap is unknown. It consists of a flat bottom piece 11.5 inches long and .8 inches wide. At the tip of this steel bottom there are a pair of holes into which the front end of the jaws is fitted. The back of the jaws are fixed into another pair of holes 4 inches behind the tip. These jaws are square in shape and measure 4 inches in length, and 2 inches in depth. The top edges are toothed and come close together when the trap is closed. A curved strip of metal is riveted at the back of the bottom strip. This is curved in shape and acts as a spring causing the jaws to close. A ring enclosing the jaws is found at the other end. A square platform between the jaws is kept in place by a clip that goes over one of the jaws when the trap is set. This clip is missing from this specimen. When the rabbit steps on the platform, depressing it and dislodging the clip, the jaws close. // From the back end of the trap a length of chain is fixed. This originally had a poker like device at its tip which acted as an anchor and prevented the rabbit from dragging the trap away. // The word DORSET is stamped at the top end of the trap.', Lavinia Smith No. 390., Lavinia Smith Catalogue (D60/28) - 'A list of the contents of the East Hendred museum. July 5 1940 // 386-391. Six old traps (rat and rabbit)'
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