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Dan Musicant ) wrote:

Last evening I saw it, traumatized by a blow to the head or neck from
the rat trap it had hit in my backyard. The trap was tethered to a tree.
The bugger (or its cousin) has been digging up my newly planted squash
seeds and this is the only way I've been able to control (somewhat) the
problem.

This morning it's surely dead (I saw one, maybe the same one) that was
evidently stunned from hitting the trap a few days ago, looking dead,
but when I turned my back it darted away.

Warm weather is expected the next few days here in Berkeley, CA (~80
degrees) and wonder about putting it in plastic bags (nested) in my
trash container, pickup being Wednesday morning. Call a city agency?
Bury it in my back yard? What would you do?

Dan

My cat brings in quite a few hunting trophies. Gophers, rats, birds, and
lizards. I put them in a coffee "can" (cylindrical cardboard with
plastic lid)1 in the freezer until trash day. Keeps 'em from stinking up
anything. And no, I don't keep my coffee in the freezer, so I've never
made the sleepy-eyed mistake.

Of course, squirrel is good on the grill.