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The trapping apparatus has a tether coiled around a hub in a housing. The hub is biased to foreshorten the tether, by a spirally coiled spring that is positioned to one side of the hub portion on which the tether is wound. The spring is contained within a hoop that may be a portion of the hub to aid

The trapping apparatus has a tether coiled around a hub in a housing. The hub is biased to foreshorten the tether, by a spirally coiled spring that is positioned to one side of the hub portion on which the tether is wound. The spring is contained within a hoop that may be a portion of the hub to aid assembly. A latch mechanism is provided to release the hub when a caught animal tugs on the tether. The latch mechanism is such that it will not latch again until the tether is completely retrieved.

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An inexpensive, humanitarian trapping system comprising: a jaw trap assembly including animal actuating means therefor, a spring motor housing having an annular chamber therein, a generally centrally located stub shaft in said chamber, said stub shaft having a longitudinally extending slot in its ou

An inexpensive, humanitarian trapping system comprising: a jaw trap assembly including animal actuating means therefor, a spring motor housing having an annular chamber therein, a generally centrally located stub shaft in said chamber, said stub shaft having a longitudinally extending slot in its outer surface and communicating with the end of said stub shaft, an annular spool slidable endwise over said stub shaft into said chamber, a stiff coil spring strong enough to pull said jaw trap with an animal therein along the bottom of a body of water, said spring having a generally radially bent inner end for sliding endwise into said slot in said stub shaft, means for fastening the outer end of said spring to said annular spool, a tether coiled around said spool, said housing having a tether opening through which said tether uncoils genErally tangentially, latch means for restraining the recoil of said spool, said latch means having a portion that is positioned generally to one side of said opening in said housing when latching said spool against recoil and being generally over said opening when unlatching said spool, said tether being slidably retained by said latch portion and being connected to said jaw trap, and whereby said stiff coil spring can be slid axially into its assembled position and an animal that is caught in said jaw trap and who pulls on said tether to unlatch said spool can be dragged from shallow water to deeper water and automatically drowned by the weight of the jaw trap.