Q: What do you do with the pigs when trapped?

A: We euthanize pigs inside the trap with a .22 caliber suppressed rifle and subsonic 45-grain bullets immediately after they are captured. This practice prevents distressed vocalizations to any other sounders on the property which eliminates method education about the M.I.N.E.™ Trapping process. This also prevents pigs from urinating and defecating inside the trap all night and soiling the enclosure for future captures. Blood inside the trap enclosure does not affect new sounders from feeding.

The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) lists a bullet to the brain as a humane method of euthanasia. https://www.avma.org/KB/Policies/Documents/euthanasia.pdf American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals – Page 36 – M3.5 GUNSHOT A properly placed gunshot can cause immediate insensibility and a humane death. Under some conditions, a gunshot may be the only practical method of euthanasia.