New pest trap design the ‘F-bomb’

March 2023

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Nicholas Jones with his safer, lighter F-Bomb trap.
A Taranaki industrial designer has created a lightweight pest trap designed to keep mustelids, rats and hedgehogs under control. Dubbed ‘The F-Bomb’, Nicholas Jones and his company Rewild are confident their design could become the go-to trap across the country for predator control. “I helped a friend who did a bit of trapping work on […]
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