Pyrotechnic device with protective cover

A pyrotechnic device intended for the destruction of animals that dig tunnels such as moles by firing a pyrotechnic charge, comprising detection means for detecting the animals and a housing, in which:

• the housing contains an electrical firing circuit comprising a firing contactor driven by the detection means,
• the housing contains means for breaking the electrical firing circuit, making it possible to selectively break or re-establish a continuity of a section of the electrical firing circuit,
• the pyrotechnic device further comprises a cover which can be arranged over the housing and over the detection means in a covering position, such that fitting the cover in the covering position is sufficient to establish the continuity of the section of the electrical firing circuit,
• wherein the cover is not locked to the housing and is freely removable from the housing, so as to be able to be separated from the housing in a removed position in which the continuity of the section of the electrical firing circuit is broken,
• wherein, in the removed position, the housing and the cover are separated and not in contact with each other,
• wherein the housing has a bottom laying face suitable for resting on a ground surface,
• wherein the cover includes a lateral peripheral wall extending away from an entire perimeter of a top wall to a bottom peripheral edge, the lateral peripheral wall extending completely around the housing and detection means when the cover is arranged over the housing and detection means in the covering position, and
• wherein the lateral peripheral wall has a height such that, when the housing rests on the ground surface and the cover is fitted on the housing, in the covering position, the bottom peripheral edge is situated in a vicinity of a level of the bottom laying face.