Spring Trap

a device for capturing large or small fur-bear-ing animals (bears, lynxes, wolverines, wolves, foxes, arcticfoxes, martens, sables, ermines, squirrels, Siberian weasels) andfarm pests (such as susliks and hamsters). The spring trap hasbeen used since ancient times. Some spring traps have metal jawsthat snap shut on the leg of the animal or hold it by the body(steel-jaw trap). There are also spring traps without jaws, themost widely known being the mole trap.