An apparatus is provided for trapping animals, a carrier for use with same, and a method of trapping animals using same. The apparatus includes a reservoir for animal bait, a tubular housing for the reservoir where the housing has a lower end having an opening and the lower end is configured with a stop located on its outer circumference proximate to the opening of the housing, a plurality of resilient loops, a release mechanism for the loops, and carriers for each loop, where each carrier is configured to be slidably moveable about the outer circumference of the housing when the housing is in a substantially vertical orientation, and wherein the release mechanism is configured to be activated to move the loop from its carrier onto the body of an animal activating the release mechanism.
