noun
- Plural of livetrap; cages or devices designed to capture animals alive without harming them, typically for relocation or study.
Usage: Often used in wildlife management and animal control contexts.
verb
- Third-person singular present tense of livetrap; to capture (an animal) alive using a livetrap.
Usage: Used in wildlife management and pest control.
Examples
- The wildlife officer set several livetraps around the property to catch the raccoons.
- Modern livetraps are designed to minimize stress on captured animals.
- She livetraps nuisance squirrels and relocates them to a forest preserve.
- The animal control team livetraps stray cats for the shelter's adoption program.
- These livetraps have a one-way door that allows animals to enter but not escape.
- He carefully livetraps the fox so it can be examined by a veterinarian.
- Livetraps are preferred over lethal methods in urban wildlife management.