Museum talk: Mole Trap
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
An interesting, but deadly looking, item at the Buffalo Island Museum is a mole trap made by the Animal Trap Company of Lititz, Pa., in the early 1940s. It was donated by Russell Strickland. The trap is about 16 inches tall, and is spring loaded. After mole tunnels were located, a spot would be flattened with one's foot, and the prongs put over the tunnel and the top of the spring pulled and the lever pushed to set it. When a mole goes through the tunnel, it will push up on the lever and the spring will release the six sharp prongs, killing the mole.