How to kill a rat

Muskrat

In The Netherlands live a lot of muskrats. Muskrats are unwanted because they dig holes in dikes and consume a lot of crop.Therefore the Dutch governments spends on a yearly basis some 35 million euro to kill muskrats.

Most muskrats are caught using a drowning trap. The rat swims into the trap, cannot get out and drowns. Because the are good under water swimmers, this drowning can take 10 minutes. In terms of animal cruelty not a very good method. So the Muskrat extermination organisation posted a challenge to invent a new trap that kills the rat instantly.

I responded with several idea's. One of these idea's was interesting enough for them to discuss in detail. So we met at my place and talked about the invention. The outcome is that they will propose an experiment to get some proof of concept.

Because I can get a patent on this system, I cannot post it in detail here. But I will keep you informed of the progress.