{"id":129,"date":"2016-03-29T23:39:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T06:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/?p=129"},"modified":"2016-03-30T22:29:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T05:29:22","slug":"live-cage-trapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/2016\/03\/29\/live-cage-trapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Cage-Trapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/assets.fwi.co.uk\/Badger-in-a-trap-615x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"346\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badger caught in trap!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set traps for badgers with bait<\/li>\n<li>Check next morning<\/li>\n<li>Test for bTB infection\n<ul>\n<li>If yes, euthanize<\/li>\n<li>If no, release (can also vaccinate prior to releasing)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pros?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Since 6\/7 badgers are not infected with bTB, this prevents indiscriminate culling of badgers<\/li>\n<li>Prevents maiming that may occur accidentally during free shooting culls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cons?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Badgers can sustain minor injuries while trapped in a cage, including dental injuries when trying to escape<\/li>\n<li>Labour-intensive as would have to set traps and check every morning for badgers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does it work? Set traps for badgers with bait Check next morning Test for bTB infection If yes, euthanize If no, release (can also vaccinate prior to releasing) Pros? Since 6\/7 badgers are not infected with bTB, this prevents indiscriminate culling of badgers Prevents maiming that may occur accidentally during free shooting culls Cons? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/2016\/03\/29\/live-cage-trapping\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Live Cage-Trapping<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35036,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[486623],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35036"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/badgered\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}