I don't think a cat or dog could break a leg in a mouse trap.  A rat trap, yes, but not a mouse trap.  I have been snapped by a mouse trap many times.  My finger hurt, but it wasn't injured beyond a trivial bruise.  I would not want a child to get snapped, but not everyone has children around, or pets either for that matter.   I put mouse traps along the wall in the garage in winter.  Try as I might, I can't stop all the entrance places.  My mice are not house mice, but instead are _Peromyscus_, known variously as white footed, white ankled, or deer mice depending on species.  They only enter homes and outbuildings during cold weather.

mcneely

---- JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 1/23/2013 12:01:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> mcneely4@COX.NET writes:
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> Put the  traps against the tires on the inside surface?
>
>
> not safe IMO.    your pet cat or small dog could break a leg  in one of
> those things, and if you have a toddler,  they could break their  fingers.
> place them in the locked  van.     Best thing you can do is seal the holes.
>

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David McNeely