Humane Way Folding 50 Inch Live Humane Animal Trap - Safe Traps for All Animals - Dogs, Raccoons, Cats, Groundhogs, Opossums, Coyote, Bobcat - 50"x20"x26"

Critters go in but don't get out, solid, stays closed, works great.

Before I made my decision on this purchase, I watched hours of YouTube videos on the assembly, setup & use of of several different manufacturers catch & release traps in this size range. When the trap arrived, I fully expected to take an hour with pliers, bending this, and bending that, to adjust the plate height & sensitvity. Less than 5 minutes from cutting the tape on the box, I had the trap unfolded & setup, ready to bait. The plate height & sensitivity were already spot on. I read the reviews complaining that this trap is cheap & flimsy. That is a lie. Also, the back "door" of this trap can be used as an easy release. The only issuse would be if the trapped animal is so big that there isn't enough room to push the door down with your foot or a stick, after releasing the top clip that holds the door in place. I don't see even the craftiest raccoon being able to escape from this trap.This trap is well worth the cost & will last a lifetime, IMHO😉:Update:I caught a lost kitty in the baited trap that had been missing since Xmas day. I put it out on Social Media & within an hour, this kitty was back home with her Mama & family.

Our hunting land was being over ran with dogs on our hunting property, they were casing deer and killing turkeys, our cameras showed over 50 videos of dogs on the property from the previous month. We I watched them and discovered there were 9 different dogs. This trap is light, but it is effective, we have caught 3 dog the first two weeks at night that were chasing deer. The dogs were chasing game at night, no hunter wants to pay for a hunting lease and to come at 5 AM in the morning when stray dogs have been chasing their game all night. After catching a few dogs and getting the local Marshall to come pick them we found that word got out and that local people that were letting their dogs out at night started complying with the county ordnance leash law. This turned out to be a good investment for our hunting club.

This had the possibility of being a good trap: BUT they should test their products. I found 2 severe issues with mine. The first was the L arm that held the door open, it was too short so I had to give the door an extreme lift to get it on the L. This created a problem with triggering. The lower part of the L was angled up and the vertical part of the L was probably 3/16" to 1/4" too short, thus the reason to have to lift the door to latch it open. It would not trigger because the amount of weight needed was extreme. I then tried placing the door bar on the very tip of the lower L bar. Not 100% functional. When it did trigger the raccoon would enjoy the can of cat food then leave because the door latch would just bounce on the bottom bar and remain unlatch. So the raccoon would just leave. Opinion: the flat latch was too long and the angled face just did not function as in the mental image. I tried for a week and gave up.

We have had a problem om our street with armadillos, my neigors have bought smaller and cheaper traps and aramidillos escape. This trap works perfect. Strong sturdy construction. Large enough to trap armadillos. In full disclosure, I did read about thr small wite ties that come with it for the back side and I used heavier ones, although the panel fits tight without them. The armidillos tried hard to get out, but trap held easily and were humanity relocated. I would give 6 stars if I could.

I also have a smaller squirrel-sized cage. The back door on that one is a piece of cage that slides in and is held in place with a clip. Simple, straightforward, effective.With this 42" cage, the back door folds down onto the floor of the cage. There are a few problems with this.- The worst issue is, you cannot bait the trap from the back. The door folds onto the floor of the cage where you would place the bait. My arm does not bend in a way that allows me to reach around the door when it's partway up, in order to place the bait.- Folding the door inward scares the animal to the far side of the cage. With the squirrel cage, as soon as the animal control guy lifted the door, the squirrel dashed into his cage. With this one, the back tends to slam down and scare them into the front of the cage. It took some coaxing to get a racoon to go into the other cage.- The door folds onto the trigger plate. I guess that's not a huge deal, because it's so easy to set the trigger. It's just an additional, minor annoyance.I am astounded that they didn't figure this out the first time they tried to use their own cage. I'm six feet tall, and I cannot reach from the front past the trigger plate to set the bait. Fortunately, I have one of those grabber devices that I use to reach that far back. They almost need to include one with the cage.I've about reached the point where I'm going to rip the back door off of this trap and come up with a way to secure it, that allows me to easily remove and re-secure the door. I'm not sure exactly how I'm going to do that. It needs to be something that the animal can't chew through. One of the raccoons I captured was very tenacious about trying to get out. If I had used twist tie, or anything like that, chances are he would have chewed through it.Or, I might cut a small hole in the side or back that lets me extend a bait tray to where it needs to be. That might be simpler.