When we first moved here in 2007, we were given an old style Timm’s trap. It was awful. It would trap the possum by an arm, and we’d have to go out and put the poor thing out of its misery. We stopped trapping for a long time. Then I saw a flyer for a City Sanctuary event, and was convinced that the new traps were much more humane and thought we’d try again.
What would you say to encourage others to get involved?
When you are used to the damage that possums do, you don’t really notice it. Once they are not eating all the tips off the rātā, and not killing the wineberry that I only planted last year, the garden looks a very different place. And the birds come back. 🙂
February 20, 2025
Trapping possums in Dalmore — City Sanctuary
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When we first moved here in 2007, we were given an old style Timm’s trap. It was awful. It would trap the possum by an arm, and we’d have to go out and put the poor thing out of its misery. We stopped trapping for a long time. Then I saw a flyer for a City Sanctuary event, and was convinced that the new traps were much more humane and thought we’d try again.
What would you say to encourage others to get involved?
When you are used to the damage that possums do, you don’t really notice it. Once they are not eating all the tips off the rātā, and not killing the wineberry that I only planted last year, the garden looks a very different place. And the birds come back. 🙂