Catching animals

[Eldoron]

Is there an effective way to catch live animals on the map other than sprinkling cage traps around and praying to the forge lords?

[graalGGTV]

You can try to create bottlenecks by removing ramps and such in order to increase the odds of catching them, but other than that, not much you can do, really

[The Trashman]

Originally posted by Eldoron:

Is there an effective way to catch live animals on the map other than sprinkling cage traps around and praying to the forge lords?

You can build walls with gaps, and trap the gaps. You could do the same with channels, and remove the up ramp from the level below.

If you have a stream that's too deep to walk across (not a brook), you can build a bridge and trap that

[Testikles]

Some animals also like specific things, be it food or certain items. You can order Dwarfs to put those in a cage to bait the animal in.