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Trapping Guides

  • Conservation Week 2024
    September 2, 2024 Phoebe Johnson

    Conservation Week 2024

    It's the start of spring, and this week is conservation week.

    Located on the West Coast we’re surrounded by New Zealand’s unique, wild beauty and one of our core values is “care for the environment”

    Conservation week is a great reminder to get out there and “take action for nature” which is this years theme.

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  • Biosecurity Week and awareness month - 2024
    July 17, 2024 Phoebe Johnson

    Biosecurity Week and awareness month - 2024

    July 22-28th is Biosecurity Week 2024, and August is Biosecurity Awareness Month.

    Biosecurity is vital to protect New Zealand’s ability to grow primary products, stay healthy, and preserve our natural heritage. 

    New Zealand is a beautiful place, let's work to keep our country free of unwanted pests.

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  • Predator Control for a better New Zealand
    March 7, 2024 Phoebe Johnson

    Predator Control for a better New Zealand

    New Zealand is a beautiful country! Our landscapes of unrivaled, pristine scenery are world class, unique and second to none.

    These landscapes provide a unique environment for insects, bats, reptiles and birds and many of these species are exclusive to New Zealand - they are not found anywhere else in the world. 72% of our native birds and 81% of our native insects are unique to our country. If they’re gone from here, they’re gone from everywhere.

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  • Introducing the New Pestgard Tunnel Trap MK2
    September 12, 2023 Phoebe Johnson

    Introducing the New Pestgard Tunnel Trap MK2

    We saw a need in the market for a strong, durable, robust trap that could handle New Zealand's extreme coastal conditions, and was manufactured in New Zealand.

    After many ideas, designs and prototypes the Tunnel Trap MK2 entered the scene.

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  • Large cage Trap
    May 10, 2023 Phoebe Johnson

    Why use live capture cage traps?

    Why use live capture cage traps?

    - Humane
    - Target a wide range of pests
    - Easy to release non target animals

      Live capture cages are ideal traps to use for pest control

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    1. Bait Tips for Successful Trapping
      May 25, 2022 Phoebe Johnson

      Bait Tips for Successful Trapping

      It is important when trapping to use the correct bait to suit your target animal.

      This minimizes capturing non target animals.

      View our bait tips for successful trapping of cats, possums, rabbits, mustelids, rodents and magpies.

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    2. High success rates with live traps
      May 2, 2019 Maintrac Group

      High success rates with live traps

      Customers are reporting high success rates with live capture traps, with some reporting capture rates at least 10 times greater than kill traps and other trapping methods. Grant Ryan, from The Cacophony Project, conducted a trial over a 4 week...

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    3. More predators in 2019?
      April 16, 2019 Maintrac Group

      More predators in 2019?

      A long warm summer, leading to high seeding in New Zealand forests and a population explosion of rats, stoats and other predators; that's the Department of Conservation's prediction for this year. The Mega-Mast Is the term given to this years high seeding....

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    4. Case Study - Northland Regional Council
      October 30, 2018 Phoebe Johnson

      Case Study - Northland Regional Council

      Through word of mouth, we heard of these traps, and contacted Pestgard, who supplied a sample of the trap.

      “We have, since October 2012, now purchased over 750 of these traps, and have found the trap to be of high quality and easy to use”

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