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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:18:04 +0000, Christina Websell wrote:

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.

Who says? Fenn 4's are legal for squirrels (among other vermin). WTF do
you do with a live-caught one? It's against the law to release vermin
on
someone else's land. Drop the live trap in the rain-barrel? A Fenn is
much more humane. I really don't think you've thought this one through!

It takes about 8 seconds to drown the rat, better than trying to shoot it
and just injuring it so it takes hours to die!

It takes a lot longer than that to drown a rat - it can hold its breath
for around thirty seconds, for a start.

And if you can't hit a rat in the head with an airgun pellet at
point-blank-range, you shouldn't be in charge of the thing.

Unfortunately tree rats do not stand still, they RAPIDLY run from one end of
the trap to the other, you'd be very lucky to hit one to kill it in just one
shot.

Alan


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