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June 25, 2008
culling squirrels
To some people they are cuddly creatures that can become tame enough to nibble endearingly out of your hand. But to people who feed wild birds in their gardens, grey squirrels are crafty and acrobatic thieves. And to the native British red squirrel they simply mean extinction.
But there was another reason I spent £30 on a squirrel trap this spring. Almost every time I went into my chicken shed a squirrel shot out through the door or a hole at the top of the stone wall - since blocked. I was fed up enough with them stealing from the wild birds' winter rations, let alone eating their fill of the expensive organic mixed corn and pellets we feed our chickens.
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