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* Chayei Adam 30:4 writes that a domesticated animal that relaxes and submits when grabbed by its owner may be trapped. Mishna Brurah 316:57 and The 39 Melachos (vol 3, p. 868) agree.  

* Chut HaShani (vol 1, p. 120) writes that there is a rabbinic prohibition only if the animal feels that it is being confined. It is permitted to trap an animal in an area that is so large that it doesn’t even realize it is being confined. The Shabbos Home (p. 353) agrees.</ref>

==Trapping a fly in a box==

# According to Ashkenazim, it’s forbidden to close a small box with flies inside rather one should leave it a bit open or have a hole in the box. However, if the box is large enough that one wouldn’t be able to catch bees inside it, it’s permitted to close it. Additionally, if one doesn’t see any more bees in the box even if one’s not sure that there’s no bees left it’s permitted to close it. <Ref> Rama 316:1 writes that it’s forbidden to close a small box with flies inside as it’s a violation of trapping and so one should leave it ajar or have a hole (as Mishna Brurah 316:14 writes). Mishna Brurah 316:15 implies from the Rama, that in a large box where one wouldn’t be able to catch the flies it’s permissible. Mishna Brurah 316:16 concludes that even though some achronim argue on the Rama one should be strict unless there are no flies in sight even if one’s unsure that there’s no bees left. </ref>

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