Lacchia leg snare

A snare trap for snaring the leg of an animal comprising a spring powered cable snaring device enclosed in a tapered plastic tubing which is open at the upper end and sealed at its lower end, the snaring device comprising

• (a) a cable member having a stop member affixed to one end thereof and operatively connected to said stop member a sliding lock mechanism through which the cable is threaded to form a snare loop having a diameter greater than the opening at the upper end of said tubing, the snare resting inside, below and parallel with the opening at the upper end of the tubing,
• (b) a torsion spring affixed tot he interior wall of the plastic tubing, said spring being adapted with a rotation arm in a plane normal thereto at its distal end and being parallel with coils of said spring and further adapted with means configured in the form of a loop for attaching the cable by means of the cable stop, thereby permitting rotation of said rotation arm 180.degree. without impinging upon the interior walls of the tubing,
• (c) a trigger affixed to the interior wall of the tubing by means of an eye screw which holds the rotation arm of the torsion spring when the snare is in a set position, and
• (d) a cable guide through which the snare cable passes and upon which the snare catches, so preventing the snare loop from being pulled into the tubing while causing the snare loop to be closed around the leg of the animal as the result of the downward motion of the rotation arm pulling the cable snare.