To provide an animal capture device capable of simultaneously solving problems such as occurrence of nail placement, malfunction due to trees and snow, scattering / loss of constituent members, and the like.SOLUTION: The animal capturing apparatus 1 includes a tubular frame body 30, a step board 32 disposed so as to be lowered in the frame body, each of which is fixed to the supporting member 33 of the step board and stands up from the peripheral edge position of the step board A pair of guide bodies 34 which are arranged opposite to each other so as to form an annular shape and a pair of guide members 34 each having a pair of guide members 34, A body 20 and an urging member 40 that urges the ring portion 24 in a state of contracting the diameter thereof. The guide body 34 is provided at a predetermined position D between the both end portions 34 c and the top portion 34 d at the peripheral wall portion of the frame body 30 And is fixed to the support member 33 with the lower surfaces of both end portions separated from the upper surface 32a of the tread plate by a predetermined distance so as to be inclined downward from both end portions 34c to the top portion 34d in that state.(FIG.【課題】爪置きの発生、木や雪による誤動作、構成部材の飛散・紛失、等の課題を同時に解決可能な動物捕獲装置を提供する。【解決手段】動物捕獲装置1は、筒状の枠体30と、枠体内に下降可能に配設された踏板32と、それぞれが踏板の支持部材33に固定されて踏板の周縁位置から起立する方向に回動可能であり、対向配置されて環状形状をなす一対のガイド体34と、先端部の縮径可能なリング部24が一対のガイド体34の外周面34aに沿って装着されるワイヤ体20と、リング部24を縮径させる状態に付勢する付勢部材40とを備え、ガイド体34は、両端部34cと頂部34dとの間の所定位置Dにおいて枠体30の周壁部の上端部と当接し、その状態で両端部34cから頂部34dに向かって下方に傾斜するように、両端部の下面を踏板の上面32aから所定距離離隔させて支持部材33に固定されている。【選択図】図5
