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Since I started my fortress in an area filled with Elephants and Jaguars, one of my first steps in fortress defense was to construct a network of cage traps around the entrance.  Now I have 10 elephants, 15 mountain goats, 1 Jaguar, and an army of Goblins trapped in cages.  The animals are all in my animal stockpile, and the goblins are still in the cage traps.

I built a room that has a door connected to a lever outside the room, and has a channel one level up that drops into the room which is zoned as a pit.
So what I've been trying to do is place a goblin in the room, seal the door with a lever, and then drop an elephant or a jaguar into the room from above.  This has not turned out so well so far.  The first problem is that I don't know how to get the goblins out of the traps... do I remove the trap building?  I did try to use the pit to drop one of the goblins into the room, but as soon as one of my dwarfs began carrying the goblin, it got free and began killing all my children... I also tried building the animal cages closer to the room, but I can't tell which ones have animals... I know my jaguar is in a Mahogany cage, but I have 11 of them which contain mountain goats, goblins, or are empty...

What am I missing?

[ March 19, 2008: Message edited by: SeiferTim ]