"gary croft" wrote in message
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"garden virgin" - wrote:

First there was one, now there's four & they are making a right mess in
the garden & chasing away blackbirds from the garden who are doing a
great
job in keeping insects & slugs under control. One of the blasted squirrel
attacked a wood pigeon, i saw a plume of feathers flying & the pigeon had
a nasty head wound. Are squirrels normally this aggressive? and is there
any way of controlling the squirrels(grey) short of shooting them! As far
as i know... these are not crack cocaine addicted squirrles like the ones
reported in the news but they are still a real menace!

Any advice on how to keep them out of the garden would be greatly
appreciated, i'm tempted to catch/trap them & put collars with bells on
them, that way i'd know when they're around.

The simple answer is shoot them torturing them with chillies or trapping
them causes stress to them

The thought that catching them causes them stress really breaks my heart, I
don't think, the more stress they suffer the better, makes up for the stress
they cause me.

Alan