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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex mailing list at ibiblio <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] Relocating squirrels
  • Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:57:49 -0500

But they're so warm and fuzzy. And squirrel stew is nasty.

~mIEKAL



On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Louis Pittman <lpittman@murraystate.edu>
wrote:
> 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.




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