The purpose of this study is to develop a rostral snare trap* to reduce an accident occurring when a hunter and culler captured a wild boar. First, we measured the length from the nasal speculum to the cuspid root and the width between the cuspid tip of wild boars, then designed the rostral snare trap. We carried out the measurement of wild boar carried into the meat processing institution of about 150 individuals between March 2018 and February 2020. The data showed that the cuspid root is located between 8.77 cm and 10.36 cm (from juvenile to mature wild boars) from the nasal speculum and width between the cuspid tip is smaller than the regulation value of 12 cm. We made a trial product and made 2 types of traps after experiment inspection. Second, we performed the capture experiment with each trap between 2019 and 2023, then captured 5 wild boars. All wild boars captured by these traps showed backward step behavior and did not show the attack action for the hunter. As a result, we could expect rostral snare trap to make hunter and culler activities safer and possible to capture wild boar location where cage trap cannot be set due to terrains.
* rostral snare trap: Trap to hold wild boars snout
