CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:: HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:: AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
Subclass:: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS

Description

A01M encompasses apparatus and methods for capturing, controlling, or eliminating animals and unwanted plants, covering both intentional wildlife management and pest control applications. This subclass includes mechanical traps, snares, nets, and similar devices for capturing live animals; scaring or deterrent mechanisms such as acoustic or visual repellents; and machinery designed to destroy harmful organisms including insects, rodents, weeds, and other agricultural pests. The classification spans from traditional hunting and trapping equipment to modern integrated pest management systems and agricultural implements used for plant destruction.

Scope Notes

Glossary: Animal animals Bon-human members of the kingdom Animalia, including, but not limited to, mammals, birds and insects. Destruction To destroy or cause the death of a living organism; the non-chemical sterilisation of invertebrates. Fumigator Fumigators Apparatus used to disinfect or purify an area using the fumes of selected chemicals. Insect insects A class of arthropod animals characterised by an exoskeleton supporting a three-part body (comprising a head, thorax and abdomen), six legs and two antennae. Killing To destroy or cause the death of a living organism; the non-chemical sterilisation of invertebrates. Noxious Harmful, poisonous or undesirable. Snare snares An anchored noose typically made from wire or cable which tightens around an animal, preventing release or escape. Vermin Wild animals, e.g. rodents, which may spread disease or be harmful to crops. | Limiting references: Appliances for catching swarms; Drone-catching devices Fishing Biocides, pest repellants or attractants Electric circuits or apparatus specially designed for use in equipment for killing, stunning, enclosing or guiding living beings

Related Keywords

weed or pest control in AGRICULTURECATCHING animals or insectsDESTROYING pests or vegetationcatching or killing INSECT(S)NET(S) for trapping animalsSNARES for animalsanimal TRAP(S)destroying VERMIN

17 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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A01M 1/00 Stationary means for catching or killing insects
A01M 11/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of combined liquid- and powder-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
A01M 13/00 Fumigators; Apparatus for distributing gases
A01M 15/00 Flame-throwers specially adapted for purposes covered by this subclass
A01M 17/00 Apparatus for the destruction of vermin in soil or in foodstuffs
A01M 19/00 Apparatus for the destruction of noxious animals, other than insects, by hot water, steam, hot air, or electricity
A01M 21/00 Apparatus for the destruction of unwanted vegetation, e.g. weeds
A01M 23/00 Traps for animals
A01M 25/00 Devices for dispensing poison for animals
A01M 27/00 Apparatus having projectiles or killing implements projected to kill the animal, e.g. pierce or shoot, and triggered thereby
A01M 29/00 Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
A01M 3/00 Manual implements, other than sprayers or powder distributors, for catching or killing insects, e.g. butterfly nets
A01M 31/00 Hunting appliances
A01M 5/00 Catching insects in fields, gardens, or forests by movable appliances
A01M 7/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of liquid-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
A01M 9/00 Special adaptations or arrangements of powder-spraying apparatus for purposes covered by this subclass
A01M 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass