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Overview of Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Habitat Modification
- Remove brush and other ground cover
- Use soil insecticides to reduce damage to grass
Exclusion
- Install a 3-foot-high fence slanted outward at a 40o angle to prevent climbing
Frightening
- None effective
Repellents
- None successful
Toxicants
- None available
Shooting
- Spotlight and shoot at night where legal
Trapping
- Cage or box traps
- single-door (10 x 12 x 32 inches)
- double-door (10 x 12 x 48 inches)
- Body-gripping traps- No. 220
- Foothold traps- Nos. 1 to 2.
- Cable-restraints
Other Control Methods
- Hand nets