But if mice or other animals are trapped alive the traps should be emptied miles from home.
Doctors said that any people trapped alive who could not be reached in the next day would almost surely die from shock, wounds and dehydration.
Palestinians insist that people who hid in their basements during the assault may be trapped alive beneath the rubble.
The boy confirmed that there were still many people trapped alive inside the boat; there were reports of noises and screaming coming from within.
Those who are trapped alive can do little but find air to breathe, make noise and hope for rescue.
Many families live off the sale of the birds, most of which are trapped alive in the nets, during the migration.
Chief Cuccio said the chance that a number of people were trapped alive under the slab guided the rescue operations.
If people had been trapped alive, no one ever found them.
In 1938 and 1940, two melanistic bobcats were trapped alive in sub-tropical Florida.
Once trapped alive, the rodents have to be released somewhere, and they will either infest another house or die of starvation.