jules wrote:

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Probably the mice do too, but they are less likely to survive where
there is snakes and owls and other birds off prey.

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jules


Y'know, I often wonder about that. I reckon lots and lots of native
carnivores would kark it if it weren't for the introduced rabbits and
mice. I know our local black snake has been growing fat on the mouse
plagues we get occasionally. I wonder what would keep him going if the
mice weren't there?

That's why I have no problem letting the mice go from my humane traps.
The likelihood of their survival away from their colony of origin is
slim to put it mildly and I figure most of them will end up in a
kookaburras dinner menu or a snake's or a kestrel's.

Not saying we need to welcome the bloody-introduced-species, just
pondering the fates of the mice that we catch...

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Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia