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Wow. Complex. I pick up the trap with the mouse ensuite, hold it over the garbage with my left hand and pry up the wire bail with my right. If the mouse doesn't fall out into the garbage I will shake the trap a little, then as necessary push on the mouse with a finger to loosen it. I don't consider this to be flirting with danger. After handling mice and traps though, I do wash my hands.
I don't use this method because of any perceived danger from picking something up from a dead mouse. I do it to mitigate dead animal odors. I put the dead mouse/trap/bag assembly into the garbage bin outside side door of the garage. Even then, double bagged, after a couple of days you can smell it when you walk past the garbage can. [-]I'd[/-] DW would rather not deal with that. And I wonder if the odor attracts critters and insects.