Portable, collapsible chamber for asphyxiating trapped animals

摘要

A portable, collapsible chamber for asphyxiating trapped animals is described. The chamber is used in its canopy configuration and is transported and stored in its collapsed or folded configuration. When deployed in its canopy configuration, the chamber is placed over a trap that contains an animal in captivity. The animal is subjected to a lethal or immobilizing gas which is supplied to the chamber. The chamber includes front, back and end panels, each of which is hinged to an edge of a top panel. The panels are configured so that there gaps which function as gas vents between the end panels and the front and back panels. The front panel contains a gas inlet opening. The chamber optionally includes carrying handles, magnetic strips to help secure the chamber in its collapsed configuration and heat sensitive tape to sense the temperature of the chamber when gas is supplied to it.