On Thu, 12 May 2005 01:55:00 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades
wrote:

I believe you are correct - you have to be able to show that you've
tried to discourage them until you're at your wit's end, now you come to
mention it.

I understood that current guidelines were that you should be able to
show that shooting was necessary and other measures were not
effective, which is not the same as showing that you have tried all
other measures. You don't have to try trapping first just to be able
to argue that trapping is nonselective.

Usual provisos apply - i.e. without looking up a reference I may of
course be wrong.

JB