
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Coulson, G 
A1  - Poiani, A 
A1  - Nave, CD 
T1  - A modified draw-string trap for capture of kangaroos at fences.
JF  - Australian Mammalogy
JO  - Aust. Mammalogy
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 25
IS  - 2
SP  - 177
EP  - 182
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AM03177 
N2  - 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. 
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