Rare Diamond Rabbit Traps
FUR-FISH-GAME|January 2018

Antique Trap Collecting

Tom Parr
Rare Diamond Rabbit Traps

Diamond Whippet No. 25 rabbit traps were made in the late 1920s for export to Australia, where introduced European rabbits were devouring the native clover. The Whippet is similar in design to an English Gin trap with wavy “toothed” jaws and a wide dog. The Whippet competed directly with the No. 10 Victor Rabbit, a trap already being exported to Australia since about 1910.

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