Animal sorting device
An animal sorting device comprising a housing having an entrance, an exit, and an animal dispatch chamber. The animal dispatch chamber comprises entrant assessment means to determine if an entrant is either a pest or a non-pest, animal dispatching means to dispatch the pest, and means to urge either a dispatched pest towards an aperture or the non-pest towards the exit. A modular animal sorting device is also disclosed.
1. An animal sorting device comprising;
a housing having an entrance, an exit, and an animal dispatch chamber, wherein the animal dispatch chamber comprises;
entrant assessment means to determine if an entrant is either a pest or a non-pest; and
animal dispatching means to dispatch the pest; and
means to urge either;
a dispatched pest towards an aperture or the non-pest towards the exit.
2. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the urging means comprises a motor connected to at least one paddle.
3. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the at least one paddle has a lateral motion of travel.
4. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 2 wherein the at least one paddle has a rotatory motion of travel.
5. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the entrant assessment means compares a characteristic of the entrant against a determining value.
6. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the determining value may be adjusted.
7. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the entrant assessment means is a weighing scales.
8. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the dispatching means is an electrified plate.
9. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the animal sorting device may be suspended immediately below a subterranean entrance.
10. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the aperture is connected to a collection vessel.
11. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the animal dispatching means, entrant assessment means, and means to urge are controlled by at least one microcontroller.
12. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein
following a first run cycle, the at least one microcontroller resets the animal sorting device ready to commence a plurality of subsequent run cycles.
13. An animal sorting device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein
the at least one microcontroller adjusts an aperture block at least at the entrance, exit and aperture from a first open position to a second closed position prior to the animal dispatching means dispatching the pest.