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Cawlin  4 stars
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Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
tenkly posted:

For the cry babies who think he went off dying somewhere or how inhumane this is.. my buddy posted this

"Nah not cruel, I had no Idea what it was going to be. It just gives it a good conk on the head. Its still keeps invading my home, so It didn't bother it that much.?"



It doesn't sound like your pal intended to be cruel to the animals, and I believe he thought they were rats and not squirrels. I might have taken the same route of using rat traps without realizing they were squirrels.

With that said though, there are other traps/methods to be used for squirrels - not only the "live traps" that will provide a higher likelihood of a quick, humane kill.

There were two squirrels in that video - only one of them got hit with the trap - how does your buddy know that both of them are still there? I'd be surprised if that one that got nailed was actually OK afterwards.

Killing animals quickly and humanely is one thing and I have little or no problem with it in legal hunting and legit vermin control scenarios - and sometimes the law makes it such that you have little or no choice in methods with "pest" animals and whatnot. It's just not the most comfortable thing to think about inflicting a lot of suffering that could otherwise be avoided.

 

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Thugoneous  4 stars
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Registered: 2002-11-2 18:00:54
Squirrels caused a lady at work a few thousand dollars worth of damages. She had to resort to poison.

 

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Szerek  2 stars
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Here is a alternate solution. Grab a shotgun and like 5 boxes of shells. Any time you hear a noise in the wall, unload 2 or 3 rounds in that general area. You may not eliminate the problem, but I guarantee you it will be fun. Since it is your friends house, you won't have to stick around to clean up or pay for repairs!

 

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Desnoxvu  2 stars
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Registered: 2002-3-21 11:48:50
yumm.... squirrels

 

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tenkly  4 stars
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Registered: 2007-3-7 22:50:38
I'm gonna tell him to glue down the traps, maybe that'll work.

You guys can cry about animal cruelty but it is what it is. They're invading and destroying his house, and costing him money . IF they die, so be it. That is life.

 

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Aerlinthian  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-5-7 23:53:38
Hmm, what are the crime statistics on people who don't tip and are into animal cruelty.
vn_nnanji  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-6-30 17:22:56
You guys are bumming me out. I like my version where the squirrel escapes unharmed.

 

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tenkly  4 stars
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Registered: 2007-3-7 22:50:38
It DID escape unharmed, that was the third time he set up traps..

 

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ZartanAround  3 stars
Title: Torpid Curmudgeon
Posts: 768
Registered: 2004-2-6 20:54:09
glue traps FTW!

poison will just make em die in your walls and stink.

 

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