Patent ID: 7726063

Claim:
An apparatus for trapping a snake comprising: a base wall having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface; first and second side walls having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface and having first edges attached to opposing edges of said base wall; a top wall having a smooth interior surface and an exterior surface and having opposing edges attached to second edges of said first and second side walls; wherein said first and second side walls, said base wall and said top wall define a tunnel therein, the tunnel having a smooth, non-adhesive interior surface and an exterior surface; a slidably removable sticky pad having a non-adhesive bottom surface that does not stick to the smooth interior surface of said tunnel, wherein said apparatus is adapted such that said sticky pad slides out of said tunnel upon the inclining of said tunnel; wherein said tunnel includes a first area for placing said slidably removable sticky pad for trapping the snake coming into contact with the sticky pad and a pair of second areas on opposite sides of the first area through which the snake must pass before reaching the first area, the pair of second areas having a smooth inner surface for denying traction to the snake trapped on the sticky pad and having a sufficient length and width to allow substantially an entire body of the snake to enter the tunnel prior to encountering the sticky pad.