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[RC]

How do I set my Dwarves to capture these mountain goats outside my fort?  What do I need?

Also, has anyone tried making little rooms for their animals?  Cant think of anything besides using the "meeting room" designation.  I guess that works good enough...

[Derakon]

To my knowledge, there is no way to capture an animal short of hoping it blunders into a cage trap.

You can build a cage, q-select it, and make it into a room; that will create a "zoo" where dwarves can go look at the animals. However, they'll only get happy thoughts from seeing animals they like, and they get unhappy thoughts from seeing ones they don't like, so it's not a reliable way to make dwarves happy.

[Thexor]

Oh, sure, rooms for the animals work well. So long as they don't mind the semi-painful journey from the z-level above the room, of course  

To actually capture things, you're going to want cage traps - unless I'm mistaken, they'll capture everything except invading theives. That includes, but is not limited to:

• Megabeasts
  
• Goblins
  
• Goats
  

Note that the critter in question will have to step right on the trap to trigger it, and as such you'll have to either set a lot of traps, get very lucky, or come up with a smart way to funnel the goats into the traps. Military dwarves that are set to 'ignore animals' work well for this - you can station the dwarves behind the goats, then slowly inch them forward to (hopefully) chase the goats into a waiting set of cage traps.

[Tanelorn]

cage traps will catch goblin child catchers. I don't know about kobolds.

cage traps are actually a great early warning system for goblin ambushes. Have some traps at your entrance, they will catch the goblin child catchers (who make it to the entrance before the sneaky squads). And because the child catcher is revealed when he gets caught, you get a message ("protect the children!!!")and an automatic pause. When that happens, it is time to keep your dwarves indoors, as the sneaking squads will arrive very shortly.

[GreyMario]

Kobolds are [TRAPAVOID].

[Mephansteras]

On the subject of zoos, I've noticed that dogs, cats, horses, and cows are the most common animals for dwarves to get happy thoughts from. Since I keep all my puppies and kittens, as well as other livestock, in a cage in my dining room/zoo I tend to have happier dwarves.