15A N.C. Admin. Code 10B.0301

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 11, December 2, 2024

Section 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.

15A N.C. Admin. Code 10B .0301

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-291.1; 113-291.6;
Eff. January 1, 2011;
Readopted Eff. February 1, 2022.

Authority G.S. 113-134; 113-291.1; 113-291.2; 113-291.6;
Eff. 1/1/2011.

Readopted by North Carolina Register Volume 36, Issue 17, March 1, 2022 effective 2/1/2022.

Amended by North Carolina Register Volume 37, Issue 23, June 1, 2023 effective 8/1/2023.