when i lived in town in richmond i had taken my dog out on a leash adn there was a possum by the garbage cans that were in a corner by a privacy fence... well needless to say my 20lb beagle mix seen it before i did and went after it only to have the possum to lower its head and run under/thru my dog. Thats when i got the havahart trap. The first day i caught the neighbors cat and told my wife. the next day my wife went to check the trap. mind u it was tucked in behind the garbage cans. well my wife pulled trap out a bit to see if it was the neighbors cat only to be surprised by a caged possum with jaws opened wide enough to put a softball in hissing and raising all kinds of hell.... Needless to say she never checked the trap again to see if the neighbors kitty was caught again.... LOL...