36Prescribed features of a large leghold trap to be set or used for wild dogs

36 Prescribed features of a large leghold trap to be set or used for wild dogs

A large leghold trap that is to be set or used for the purposes of trapping wild dogs must have the following features—

(b) each jaw of the trap must be padded with commercially manufactured rubber pads designed to be used for the particular brand, size and design of the trap;

(c) the jaws of the trap must be offset so there is a distance of at least 6 millimetres between the metal parts of the jaws when the jaws are closed;

(d) a jaw spread of between 13 and 15·5 centimetres;

(e) a spring placed in the anchor chain of the trap to act as a shock absorber for the purposes of reducing the chance of injury to the captured limb;

(f) the anchor chain of the trap has a minimum of 2 swivels with one located at each end of the anchor chain, so that the trap can twist if the animal struggles to escape and the anchor chain must be attached to the centre of the baseplate of the trap;

(g) an adjustable pan tension so that the pan can be set at a tension required for a wild dog to trigger the trap.