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2007-11-11 Britain

London Telegraph sez "Kill That Squirrel !"

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Posted by mrp 2007-11-11 11:15|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 Just like American idiots kept importing European starlings and sparrows, English and European idiots kept importing American grey squirrels and raccoons. In both cases the beasts finally escaped, bred in the wild, and the populations exploded, being more aggressive than the native species. Darwin always wins.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-11-11 12:52|| 2007-11-11 12:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Gastropub??

Ghastly.

Posted by KBK 2007-11-11 13:03|| 2007-11-11 13:03|| Front Page Top

#3 When I lived in Mountain View, CA I had a bit of a problem with squirrels and friggin doves.

My handy-dandy blow gun solved the problem, both species are delicious!

Posted by Clinelet Lumumba5942 2007-11-11 14:15|| 2007-11-11 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 The squirrels in my area are a vector for Lyme disease. Cute little things tho.

Posted by lotp 2007-11-11 14:16|| 2007-11-11 14:16|| Front Page Top

#5 (My biggest problems with squirrels is that several of my dogs can and occasionally do catch the damned things.)

Posted by lotp 2007-11-11 14:18|| 2007-11-11 14:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Squirrels are eaten in Kansas.

Posted by McZoid 2007-11-11 16:21|| 2007-11-11 16:21|| Front Page Top

#7 When I was just out of school and had little money, .22 LR's were cheaper than beef or chicken.

So I ate a lot of squirrels. Like dark meat turkey.

Posted by no mo uro 2007-11-11 20:25|| 2007-11-11 20:25|| Front Page Top

#8 I knew of one guy who was tormented by pigeons, so set up an elaborate electrical trap for them. They would land for food, where he could see them with a nearby surveillance camera, then he would zap them with house current, and push a remote button, dropping the dead bird through the "floor" into a plastic trash bag.

He didn't have to leave the house. Killing them regularly, it was still months before he saw any decline in the numbers.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-11-11 20:51|| 2007-11-11 20:51|| Front Page Top

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