"Rusty_Hinge" wrote in message
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from "Christina Websell" contains
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You'd do much better to get a catch alive trap for squirrels. Fenn traps
are best for rats and stoats.
Plan B if all else fails but if you're not good Plan A.

I think it is illegal to release trapped grey squirrels...


It is, except under licence. That doesn't stop it happening, though ...

But grey squirrels caught in live traps (which are all you can legally use
in areas where you might encounter red squirrels, for obvious reasons) are
usually despatched by letting them run into a sack and bashing them over the
head, or by shooting with air rifle whilst in the trap. Some people drown
them in the trap, but that is inhumane.