If you want to kill them painlessly and much more humanely than our 'lethal injections', just get a cylinder of nitrogen at a welding shop and do the same with the garbage bag. Unfortunately for those who have died from nitrogen asphyxiation, there is no indicator for excess nitrogen since it comprises about 80% of air and the signal to breathe is high blood CO2 rather than low O2. People who die of nitrogen asphyxiation are completely unaware of a problem to the end. I have yet to trap a racoon but have caught a number of squirrels and one rat so far this year in my hav-a-heart traps. The rodents are wreaking havac in my fruit trees. A simple and fairly humane way to euthanize your catch is to put the whole trap in a large black plastic garbage bag with a few small holes in it. Secure the mouth of the bag with duct tape around your tail pipe, run the engine for a few minutes. Let the bag deflate and remove your catch and dispose of the dead animal either in the trash or in open areas near your home. Scavengers will be happy to dispose of the carcass and it is not poisonous to them. Don’t keep it in your trash for more than 24 hours because it will attract maggots and really stink especially in hot weather. _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…