That's a lion to me, cats are bobcat, lynx, housecats, etc.
I have no experience trapping lions, but I have caught fox, coyotes and bobcats across two toes and not as well as huntsmans's picture shows. The animals don't go anywhere. I caught a red fox by the pad of his foot well enough to hold him until I ran my sets.
I don't know what size trap is on that lion's foot, but compared to his paw, it's a big trap.....I guess what I'm trying to say is, most traps if properly maintained are stout; skookum for you boys out West, but they don't come off and animals usually don't pull out of them. Pull the stakes, yeah that cat is big enough to pull the stake on a coyote trap, but that trap ain't coming off.
Perhaps huntsman's reply above is correct.
