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  • From: Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:50:22 -0500

Squirrels are not an endangered species. Please don't 'relocate' problem
wildlife:

1. It's ineffective - another squirrel(and another, and another) will take
the relocated animal's place
2. It's often inhumane - either for the relocated animal or the existing
population you release them into
3. It's biologically - consider the potential for introduction of
disease/parasites into the population you release into.
4. You may just be dumping your problem on another person.

Shoot or trap and terminate.

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Spidra Webster <spidra@gmail.com> wrote:

> You might want to check with your state law. In CA, for instance, it's
> illegal to relocate animals. There are pretty sound disease reasons (among
> others) for people not to relocate wildlife.
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Steve <sdw12986@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Any opinions on just how far a person would need to move a squirrel to
> > make it unlikely to find it's way back? (Yes, I know the argument about
> > how it's more humane to just shoot them, rather than relocate them. We
> > don't need to have that discussion again BUT, if you must, go ahead!)
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
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