Mammal Trapping
Preparing the traps prior to placing them in the bush.
Here the traps are baited, then covered with a plastic sleeve for the protection of any animals caught in them overnight.
Each person is allocated an area in the bush for setting their traps.
The next morning the traps are retrieved and any animals caught are identified before release in the same place that they were caught.
Trapping is only done under the supervision of experienced members!
Animals commonly caught include
Bush Rat
(Rattus fuscipes)
Agile Antechinus
(Antechinus agilis)
Less frequently seen animals include
Common Dunnart
(Sminthopsis murina)
New Holland Mouse
(Pseudomys novaehollandiae)
Tuan
(Phascogale tapoatafa)
Swamp Rat
(Rattus lutreolus)
