Live animal trap

An animal trap for trapping animals therein, the trap comprising:

• a trap wall defining an internal chamber therein and an entrance opening to the chamber, the chamber being sized to receive an animal desired to be trapped and the entrance opening being sized to permit entry, in an entry direction, of the animal desired to be trapped, said trap wall including a closure end and a bait end opposite the closure end, the closure end defining the entrance opening in the trap wall;
• a closure mechanism including:
• a closure door movable in a slicing direction transverse to the entry direction, the closure door movable between an open position and a closed position substantially closing the entrance opening;
• a lever arm positioned adjacent the bait end;
• an elongated pivot rod having opposite ends and extending from the bait end to the closure end and being connected to the lever arm and closure door at the opposite ends;
• a biasing member mount pin fixed relative to the trap wall and adjacent the lever arm;
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• a biasing member connected to the mount pin and the lever arm to bias the closure door toward the closed position;
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• a trip mechanism operably coupled with the lever arm of the closure mechanism to hold the closure door in the open position and release the closure door to the closed position when the trip mechanism is tripped.