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Many years ago I used a trap that captured rats alive without any poison, just a bit of peanut butter, and then I had to dispose of them. Turns out a flatmate's dog came in handy. I would release the rat into a big park near some bush. The dog would give chase, break the rats neck, get bored and come back whereupon birds would swoop down for a free feed.
Why not just use a kill trap then? Your process involved extra steps, and a lot more terror and pain for the rat.
Because I wanted to make sure what I caught were rats and not anything else. This was not in a city devoid of native fauna.
Ah, yeah I can relate to that. I was scared of killing squirrels with traps when I was trying to solve my rat problem. I ended up just shooting the rats with a pellet gun, and then eventually calling a truce. They were allowed to live in my backyard, as long as they didn't try to enter the house.