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Old 11-07-2008, 06:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Squirrel Disposal


In article , M Platting writes:
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| I would just chuck it on the compost heap. Alternatively, burying it
| 6" down will leave nothing except a few bones within a very short time.
| It would be disapproved of to put it in the green bin, but there is no
| good scientific reason to forbid it. Or just chuck it into a hedge
| somewhere.
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| Bury it. If you chuck it on the compost heap or into a hedge, in a few
| days it will start to smell vile.

That's not so. It's what I did with a few dead rats recently, after
they had been poisoned. Squirrels are too small to rot in the way
that causes a serious stench, under most circumstances.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.