"David Hansen" wrote in message
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:30:53 GMT someone who may be "Alan Holmes"
wrote this:-

It is not humane to leave them stuck to the trap for hours/days.

Better than having them walking around!

I didn't say it was better to leave them walking around.

A 'snap' trap is better cos it stands a better chance of killing the
beggars
straight away!

It will kill them more quickly, but often not straight away. Mice in
particular tend to just get their snout caught by one and then
presumably they die of the pain.

I've only seen one (two actually, babies in the same trap - it must be
unusual) which had been caught by the snout. All others have died of a
headache.

Mary