A comment to the topic on the hubre about mice...

My father once told me that in the army they had very simple mice:
Iron plate 30 to 30cm to which one wire is paired, and a hook with cheese hanging just above the plate, the second wire is paired to the hook. Both wires go into the socket, respectively, the victim closed the chain and...
In general, the first cat hit the senior, apparently wanted to eat cheese.