15A NCAC 10B .0301 definitions

As used in this Section, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Box trap", "corral trap", and "cage trap" are a device designed so that the animal enters the trap through a door that closes and is meant to prevent the animal from exiting.

(2) "Breakaway device" means a device incorporated into a snare or snare component that allows the loop to break open, and an animal to escape completely free of the snare, when a specified amount of force is applied.

(3) "Collarum™-type trap" means a power-activated snare that is activated when the trigger is pulled and that is designed to capture and restrain the animal by a cable around the neck.

(4) "Conibear®", "Conibear®-type", and "bodygrip" traps are designed to catch an animal in a body hold resulting in a quick kill.

(5) "Leghold" and "foothold" mean a trap designed to hold an animal by the foot.

(6) "Loop stop" means a device that is attached to the snare cable to prevent the loop from closing beyond a specified point.

(7) "Power-activated" means a snare on which the speed or direction of the loop closure is initiated or augmented by a powering device like a spring.

(8) "Relaxing lock" means a snare lock that allows the snare loop to release constriction pressure on the captured animal when the cable is not taut.

(9) "Snare" means a cable restraining device.

(10) "Steel-jaw" means a leghold or foothold trap in which the jaws are made of metal.

History Note: Authority G.S. 113‑134; 113‑291.1; 113-291.6;

Eff. January 1, 2011;

Readopted Eff. February 1, 2022;

Amended Eff. August 1, 2023.