
%0 Journal Article
%A Coulson, G 
%A Poiani, A 
%A Nave, CD 
%T A modified draw-string trap for capture of kangaroos at fences.
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 2003/06/01
%V 25
%N 2
%P 177-182
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM03177
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM03177 
%X We modified an earlier design of a draw-string trap to capture free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos, Macropus giganteus, at Portland Aluminium, Victoria, Australia. The trap consisted of a tunnel of netting suspended from a metal frame erected at a narrow gateway in a fence, which was constructed where kangaroos had established runways between paddocks and shelterbelts. We set up five traps on different fences and operated them from a hide 20 m away. A team of 2 – 6 people drove kangaroos from the paddocks into cover, and the reverse. When a target individual entered a trap, we closed the netting at each end with hand-operated drawstrings, thereby restraining the kangaroo for examination and treatment. We captured 28 individuals a total of 59 times, and encountered few problems. The technique has potential for use with kangaroos and other species that habitually push under fences. 
