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Old 28-09-2007, 01:19 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Moles - to trap or not to trap


"Philip Lund" wrote in message
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In message HvQKi.20074$nO3.19642@edtnps90, clarissa
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Hi everyone I live on the edge of woodland and so have many pests, such

as
slugs and snails, crawling up from the bush - but the worst by far are

the
moles


I find it very sad that gardeners are so intolerant of moles. Certainly
in England they are one of our few indigenous mammals.

We make strong objections to native peoples of other parts of the world
not tolerating the animals they live among (think elephants and farmers
in India and parts of Africa), yet we persecute and exterminate our own
more humble wildlife.

Why not just be proud to have them in our gardens?

--
Philip Lund
Cambridge


Have you seen the damage they do to a lawn. It's not the mole hills that are
the problem. The tunnels collapse and you get quite deep lines across the
lawn. They can live on my paddock if they want but not my lawn.