An apparatus for holding a bait for rodents, the apparatus has a housing, a bait platform in the housing, and a passage opening for rodents to access the bait platform. The apparatus can be inserted into a manhole.

An apparatus for holding a bait for rodents, the apparatus has a housing, a bait platform in the housing, and a passage opening for rodents to access the bait platform. The apparatus can be inserted into a manhole.

Selective predator incapacitation devices, along with related methods and systems. In some embodiments, the device may comprise an enclosure comprising an exterior opening. A gate may be positioned within the exterior opening, which gate may be selectively openable to allow for receipt of a head of a predator therethrough. Some embodiments may incorporate facial recognition or other anatomical feature recognition to ensure that only the desired predator, or only mostly the desired predator, is captured and/or incapacitated by the device. The device may further comprise means for incapacitating the predator.

Selective predator incapacitation devices, along with related methods and systems. In some embodiments, the device may comprise an enclosure comprising an exterior opening. A gate may be positioned within the exterior opening, which gate may be selectively openable to allow for receipt of a head of a predator therethrough. Some embodiments may incorporate facial recognition or other anatomical feature recognition to ensure that only the desired predator, or only mostly the desired predator, is captured and/or incapacitated by the device. The device may further comprise means for incapacitating the predator.

A pest enticement enclosure (10) reduces stress responses of target pest animals (122) in vicinity to a pest control system (80). The enclosure (10) preserves attractants, bait (162), poison, or contraceptives employed in the pest control system (80) and employs a ventilation system (140) to spread scents of lures (160) well above a ground surface (44).

A pest enticement enclosure (10) reduces stress responses of target pest animals (122) in vicinity to a pest control system (80). The enclosure (10) preserves attractants, bait (162), poison, or contraceptives employed in the pest control system (80) and employs a ventilation system (140) to spread scents of lures (160) well above a ground surface (44).

A method for converting a conventional manually monitored capture-and-release rodent trap of a type having a box-shaped container with opposed one-way entry corridors communicating with a capture chamber into a remotely-monitored rodent trap. In one aspect, the method includes attaching a smart-sensor to the lid of the trap and press-fitting a bracket having a rodent opening into the space between the one-way entry corridors such that the rodent opening in the bracket restricts movement of a rodent into the capture chamber to a pathway in sufficient proximity for detection by the smart-sensor and signaling to a remote monitoring location.

A method for converting a conventional manually monitored capture-and-release rodent trap of a type having a box-shaped container with opposed one-way entry corridors communicating with a capture chamber into a remotely-monitored rodent trap. In one aspect, the method includes attaching a smart-sensor to the lid of the trap and press-fitting a bracket having a rodent opening into the space between the one-way entry corridors such that the rodent opening in the bracket restricts movement of a rodent into the capture chamber to a pathway in sufficient proximity for detection by the smart-sensor and signaling to a remote monitoring location.

A mouse trap is disclosed comprising a jar that is attached to a housing and includes a plastic bag inside. The housing and jar include a mouse entrance that leads inside the plastic bag, which is intended to include some bait at a distal end to lure the mouse into the jar. The trap includes a pressure or motion detector that senses when a mouse has entered the jar. The trap includes a solenoid that triggers a spring loaded hollow rod to close the jar when the mouse enters, and actuates a vacuum that removes the air from the plastic bag with the mouse inside. The removal of oxygen from the bag causes the mouse to lose consciousness, and eventually suffocate in its sleep. Once the mouse is dead, the bag can be removed and replaced.

A mouse trap is disclosed comprising a jar that is attached to a housing and includes a plastic bag inside. The housing and jar include a mouse entrance that leads inside the plastic bag, which is intended to include some bait at a distal end to lure the mouse into the jar. The trap includes a pressure or motion detector that senses when a mouse has entered the jar. The trap includes a solenoid that triggers a spring loaded hollow rod to close the jar when the mouse enters, and actuates a vacuum that removes the air from the plastic bag with the mouse inside. The removal of oxygen from the bag causes the mouse to lose consciousness, and eventually suffocate in its sleep. Once the mouse is dead, the bag can be removed and replaced.