Overview of Animal Trappings

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Animal trapping has been around since probably the Ice Age, when man needed animal fur to keep him warm. From the more primitive types that used nets or the hole-in-the-ground sort of traps, to the more current modern steel foothold traps or snares, traps have always been one of the means to capture an animal for a variety of reasons. One of the most basic reasons for animal trapping since its inception is for the purpose of food. It is one of the means employed by Homo sapiens for hunting. Almost any animal has been hunted for food by man, from wild dangerous beasts like lions and bears, to the more passive gazelles, deer and rabbits. Man has found many means and contraptions to capture a wild beast; nets that sprung from the ground, cages filled with bait to lure the animal inside and then rendering it unable to get out, digging holes in the ground and covering it with camouflage; these are the more common traps that man has made out in the wilds.